Transabdominal Laparoscopic Repair of Amyand's Hernia: A Case Report

The occurrence of appendicitis within an inguinal hernia, known as Amyand's hernia, is a rare condition. Laparoscopic approach to this type of hernia is not widely used, and there is little data comparing it to the open surgery approach. This article presents a case of Amyand's hernia trea...

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Autores principales: Elias, Bachir, Chelala, Elie, Allé, Jean-Louis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/823936
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description The occurrence of appendicitis within an inguinal hernia, known as Amyand's hernia, is a rare condition. Laparoscopic approach to this type of hernia is not widely used, and there is little data comparing it to the open surgery approach. This article presents a case of Amyand's hernia treated successfully by laparoscopy via a transabdominal approach supported by a short review of literature on this rare condition.
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spelling pubmed-33501242012-05-17 Transabdominal Laparoscopic Repair of Amyand's Hernia: A Case Report Elias, Bachir Chelala, Elie Allé, Jean-Louis Case Rep Surg Case Report The occurrence of appendicitis within an inguinal hernia, known as Amyand's hernia, is a rare condition. Laparoscopic approach to this type of hernia is not widely used, and there is little data comparing it to the open surgery approach. This article presents a case of Amyand's hernia treated successfully by laparoscopy via a transabdominal approach supported by a short review of literature on this rare condition. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3350124/ /pubmed/22606595 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/823936 Text en Copyright © 2011 Bachir Elias et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Transabdominal Laparoscopic Repair of Amyand's Hernia: A Case Report
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title_short Transabdominal Laparoscopic Repair of Amyand's Hernia: A Case Report
title_sort transabdominal laparoscopic repair of amyand's hernia: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350124/
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