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Amyand's hernia: a rare inguinal hernia

Inguinal hernia repair is commonplace in general surgery practice and an estimated 700 000 are performed each year in the USA. The presence of the vermiform appendix contained in the hernia sac, or an Amyand's hernia, is exceedingly rare, occurring in 1% of inguinal hernia patients. We report t...

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Autores principales: Green, Jonathan, Gutwein, Luke G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3813824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24963899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjt043