Intestinal Obstruction due to Bilateral Strangulated Femoral Hernias

Introduction. Femoral hernias are at high risk of strangulation due to the narrow femoral canal and femoral ring. This can lead to symptoms of obstruction or strangulation requiring emergency surgery and possible bowel resection. To our knowledge, there is only one previous published report of bilat...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Eshan Oderuth, Eleni Ntakomyti, Bengt Kald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/195736
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