Acta Med. 2017, 60: 131-134

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.7

Amyand’s Hernia: an Up-to-Date Review of the Literature

Dimitrios Patouliasa, Maria Kalogiroub, Ioannis Patouliasb

aDepartment of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Veria, Veria, Greece
b1st Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital “G. Gennimatas”, Thessaloniki, Greece

Received March 14, 2017
Accepted August 11, 2017

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