Abdominal Pain and Examination of Hernial Orifices: The Forgotten Art of Physical Diagnosis

Introduction: Acute abdominal pain can be the first manifestation of a hernial pathology. The estimated risk of incarcerated hernia is 1%-3% over a person's lifetime. Therefore, hernial orifice examination should be conducted routinely, especially in cases of abdominal pain. We hypothesized tha...

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Autores principales: Doukas, Sotirios G, Doukas, Panagiotis G, Upadrasta, Nagasri, Kothari, Nayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34595069
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17486

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8465645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34595069
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17486

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