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Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome following an appendectomy: case report

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Essex Neuroscience Center, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, London, RM7 0AG, UK

    Agathangelos Triantafyllidis & Hu Liang Low

  2. Department of Neuroanaesthesia, Essex Neuroscience Center, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, London, RM7 0AG, UK

    Ahmer Mosharaf

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Triantafyllidis, A., Mosharaf, A. & Low, H.L. Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome following an appendectomy: case report. Neurol Sci 37, 823–824 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2469-6

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