SPONTANEOUS PARACENTESIS FOLLOWING RUPTURE OF AN UMBILICAL HERNIA

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery - Tập 60 Số 7 - Trang 555-556 - 1990
Donald G. MacLellan1, K. Watson1, Hamish Farrow1, Malcolm Douglas1
1Departments of Surgery and Gastroenterology, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Tóm tắt

Spontaneous paracentesis following a ruptured umbilical hernia is a rare but dramatic event. Only 58 cases have been recorded in the English language literature. We describe here the management and successful outcome of one such case with documented substantial paracentesis of approximately 11 L.

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Tập 60 Số 7

555-556

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