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International Journal of Gerontology, 2010 The obturator hernia is a rare form of internal hernia that often presents with a confusing clinical picture. The diagnosis is usually made at laparotomy for small bowel obstruction. It often occurs in elderly, emaciated women.
Ho-Hsing Lin +3 more
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Strangulated internal hernia through a defect of the broad ligament: a case report of laparoscopic surgery [PDF]
Annals of ColoproctologyAn internal hernia is defined as the protrusion of an internal organ through a defect in the abdominal cavity. Broad ligament hernia (BLH) is an extremely rare type of internal hernia that is difficult to diagnose preoperatively because the symptoms are ...
Ji Hyeong Song, Jin Soo Kim
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Strangulated internal hernia due to defect in broad ligament: a case report
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020 Small bowel obstruction is a relatively common disease process accounting for up to 16 percent of surgical admissions and more than 300,000 operations annually in the United States.
Nicole M Reyes +2 more
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Surgery Case Reports, 2019 BackgroundFormation of an internal hernia beneath a skeletonized pelvic vessel after pelvic lymph node dissection is extremely rare. We report a case of an internal hernia formation beneath the left external iliac artery after a robotic-assisted ...
S. Ninomiya +6 more
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Pericecal hernia: a rare form of internal hernias [PDF]
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2012 We report a rare and interesting case of a pericecal hernia. A 34-year-old male presented to the emergency department with severe periumbilical pain, emesis and a prior syncopal episode. He noted a 3-month history of intermittent, colicky periumbilical pain. His abdominal examination demonstrated a palpable mass in the right lower quadrant, involuntary
Kleyman, Svetlana +5 more
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Objective Assessment of Surgical Operative Performance by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Analysis (OC-HRA):A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Both morbidity and mortality data (MMD) and learning curves (LCs) do not provide information on the nature of intraoperative errors and their mechanisms when these adversely impact on patient outcome.
Cuschieri, Alfred, Tang, Benjie
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Diverse Presentations of Congenital Internal Hernias in Children with Review of Literature
Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric SurgeonsCongenital internal hernia is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction where bowel herniates through congenital mesenteric defects or into the paraduodenal spaces. There is significant diversity in presentation and intraoperative findings among the various
Debalina Karmakar +3 more
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Does competition between hospitals improve clinical quality?: a review of evidence from two eras of competition in the English NHS [PDF]
, 2011 Gwyn Bevan and Matthew Skellern review evidence on the effects of hospital competition on quality of care within the English NHS and question whether they support government proposals to extend ...
Bevan, Gwyn, Skellern, Matthew
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Surgery Case Reports, 2019 BackgroundInternal hernias and the appendicular tourniquet are two rare pathologies.Case presentationWe report here a case of a 68-year-old obese patient, who has acute small bowel obstruction due to strangulated internal hernia through an appendicular ...
I. Lawani +9 more
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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2020 Internal hernia through the foramen of Winslow is a very rare condition, especially in children. Here we report a 16-month-old girl who presented with obstructive jaundice and elevation of pancreatic enzymes and was ultimately diagnosed with ...
Neslihan Ekşi Bozbulut +7 more
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