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Intestinal Infarction following Spontaneous Reduction of Strangulated Hernia
Author(s) -
ME K. A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1971.tb05159.x
Subject(s) - medicine , reduction (mathematics) , infarction , hernia , general surgery , surgery , intensive care medicine , myocardial infarction , geometry , mathematics
Infarction of the bowel after the spontaneous reduction of a strangulated hernia is rare, and no mention of such a condition appears in the literature. A case is reported, both for its rarity and for consideration of a possible ætiology.