Umbilical transillumination: an accurate means to diagnose minimal ascites associated with umbilical hernias.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-86621
ABSTRACT
A new bedside clinical test for the diagnosis of minimal ascites associated with reducible umbilical hernia is described. This test is based on transillumination of the hernial sac in the knee-elbow position. The test is easy to perform and has no equivocal results.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Posture
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Ascites
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Umbilicus
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Humans
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Transillumination
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Hernia, Umbilical
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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