Amyand’s Hernia: Case Report -Current Dilemma in Diagnosis and Management [PDF]
Amyand’s hernia is an extremely rare condition, often misdiagnosed as a strangulated inguinal hernia, in which the inguinal hernial sac contains the vermiform appendix. It is often a surgical surprise.
Jonathan Sadhu+3 more
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A genome-wide association study identifies four novel susceptibility loci underlying inguinal hernia. [PDF]
Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most commonly performed operations in the world, yet little is known about the genetic mechanisms that predispose individuals to develop inguinal hernias.
Ahituv, Nadav+8 more
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Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Mimicker Lesions of Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal hernia is the most common surgical disease in pediatric patients, and urgent intervention such as manual reduction is needed for incarcerated inguinal hernia.
Takahiro Hosokawa+4 more
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Surgical Management of Inguinal Hernias at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania: Our Experiences in a Resource-Limited Setting. [PDF]
Inguinal hernia repair remains the commonest operation performed by general surgeons all over the world. There is paucity of published data on surgical management of inguinal hernias in our environment.
AN Kingsnorth+38 more
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Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy in children
The authors report their experience in laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias in children. From May 2010 to November 2013, 122 patients with inguinal hernia underwent laparoscopic herniorrhaphy (92 males and 30 females).
Mirko Bertozzi+3 more
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A United Kingdom survey of surgical technique and handling practice of inguinal canal structures during hernia surgery [PDF]
Background: Recent trials have assessed the impact of elective nerve division on patient outcome after inguinal herniorrhaphy. The aim of this study was to establish UK surgical practice of handling of structures in the inguinal canal during ...
Bruce, Julie+4 more
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Objectives To report the short‐ and long‐term outcomes following attenuation of congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts in dogs using a novel polyethylene band. Materials and Methods Records were retrospectively reviewed for dogs that underwent congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt attenuation by a polyethylene banding technique, at a single
O. Glenn+3 more
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Para-inguinal hernia; presentation, diagnosis and surgical treatment, a case report [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Para-inguinal, or peri-inguinal, hernias are a rare type of hernia of the inguinal region that present in a similar fashion to but do not anatomically correspond to inguinal or femoral hernia pathologies.
Kharbutli, Bilal, Mourad, Maha
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Strangulated Inguinal Hernia in Adult Males in Kumasi [PDF]
Background: The complications of untreated inguinal hernias are common surgical emergencies in adult Ghanaian men.Objective: To describe the epidemiology of strangulated inguinal hernia in adult males in Kumasi.Method: From the hospital records the age ...
Dally, CK, Ohene-Yeboah, M
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Laparoscopic repair of a large interstitially incarcerated inguinal hernia. [PDF]
A 68 year old female presented for elective repair of an abdominal wall hernia. Preoperative CT imaging revealed a right inguinal hernia defect with hernia contents coursing cephalad between the external and internal abdominal oblique muscles.
Glaser, J+3 more
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