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A rare case of appendicitis incarcerated in an inguinal hernia

Amyand's hernia was coined after Claudius Amyand (1660–1740), who was the first to describe the presence of a perforated appendix in a hernial sac and also was the first to perform a successful appendectomy in 1735. It is an exceptionally rare condition in which the hernia itself contains the a...

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Autores principales: Smith-Singares, Eduardo, Boachie, Joseph Adjei, Iglesias, Izaskun Melania
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27273683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw096