Inguinal Hernia and Airport Scanners: An Emerging Indication for Repair?

The use of advanced imaging technology at international airports is increasing in popularity as a corollary to heightened security concerns across the globe. Operators of airport scanners should be educated about common medical disorders such as inguinal herniae in order to avoid unnecessary harassm...

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Autores principales: Naraynsingh, Vijay, Cawich, Shamir O., Maharaj, Ravi, Dan, Dilip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24368923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/952835
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author Naraynsingh, Vijay
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spelling pubmed-38668652013-12-24 Inguinal Hernia and Airport Scanners: An Emerging Indication for Repair? Naraynsingh, Vijay Cawich, Shamir O. Maharaj, Ravi Dan, Dilip Case Rep Med Case Report The use of advanced imaging technology at international airports is increasing in popularity as a corollary to heightened security concerns across the globe. Operators of airport scanners should be educated about common medical disorders such as inguinal herniae in order to avoid unnecessary harassment of travelers since they will encounter these with increasing frequency. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3866865/ /pubmed/24368923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/952835 Text en Copyright © 2013 Vijay Naraynsingh 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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Inguinal Hernia and Airport Scanners: An Emerging Indication for Repair?
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title_full Inguinal Hernia and Airport Scanners: An Emerging Indication for Repair?
title_fullStr Inguinal Hernia and Airport Scanners: An Emerging Indication for Repair?
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title_short Inguinal Hernia and Airport Scanners: An Emerging Indication for Repair?
title_sort inguinal hernia and airport scanners: an emerging indication for repair?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3866865/
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