Strangulated epigastric hernia in a 90-year-old man: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) as a saving kit: Case report

INTRODUCTION: The physiological reserve of extreme elderly patients is very limited and has major impact on clinical decisions on their management. Hereby we report a 90-year-old man who presented with a strangulated epigastric hernia and who developed postoperative intra-abdominal bleeding, and hig...

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Autores principales: Abu-Zidan, Fikri M., Idris, Kamal, Khalifa, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27017275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.03.016

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4844665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27017275
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.03.016

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