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Static and Dynamic Sonography for Diagnosis of Abdominal Wall Hernias
Author(s) -
Arend Carlos Frederico
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.32.7.1251
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal wall , modality (human–computer interaction) , radiology , hernia , surgery , artificial intelligence , computer science
Sonography is a fast, painless, inexpensive, and widely available tool usually regarded as a first‐line imaging modality for abdominal wall evaluation. This article provides illustrative images and videos on the use of sonography for diagnosis of abdominal wall hernias. A variety of pitfalls that may present clinically as pseudohernias are also described.