An unusual foreign body in an inguinal hernia sac: Case report and literature review

• Главные авторы: Go Miyano (Автор), Toshiaki Takahashi (Автор), Tsubasa Takahashi (Автор), Geoffrey J Lane (Автор), Yoshifumi Kato (Автор), Tadaharu Okazaki (Автор), Atsuyuki Yamataka (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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A 13-month-old boy accidentally ingested a 5 cm dressmaker's pin. On presentation, the pin was in the duodenum and there was a right inguinal hernia. After 17 days, the pin failed to progress. At surgery, the sac contained appendix perforated by the pin. This is the first case in the literature...