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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Symptomatic attachment of appendix vermiformis following a plug inguinal hernia repair.

Willem Ar Zwaans, Marc Rm Scheltinga, Rudi Mh Roumen

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Willem Ar ZwaansGeneral Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-5621
Marc Rm ScheltingaGeneral Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Rudi Mh RoumenGeneral Surgery, Máxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe a case of attachment of an appendix vermiformis following an inguinal hernia plug repair according to Rutkow and Robbins. A 62-year-old man presented at our outpatient clinic with a progressive sensation of tightness in the right groin area, painful urge of miction and long-lasting nausea with abdominal discomfort. During an open groin exploration, the appendix was found attached to an intraperitoneally located plug. The appendix and plug were removed with an uneventful recovery. During follow-up, the patient was free of groin pain and miction had normalised. Surprisingly, his long-lasting nausea and abdominal discomfort had disappeared as well.

Indexed as

AppendectomyAppendixGroinHernia, InguinalHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurgical InstrumentsSurgical MeshTreatment OutcomeVisceral Paingeneral surgerypain

Identifiers

PMID31533947
PMCPMC6754654
OpenAlexW2974435439

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