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Prosthetic repair of a perforated Amyand’s hernia: hazardous or feasible?

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  1. Pediatric Surgery Unit, Policlinico Umberto I, University “La Sapienza”, Viale Del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy

    G. Torino

  2. Department of Medicine, National Research Council, Rome, Italy

    C. Campisi

  3. Division of Surgery, St. Pietro Hospital – Fatebenefratelli, Rome, Italy

    A. Testa & G. Valenti

  4. Division of Urology, Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy

    E. Baldassarre

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Torino, G., Campisi, C., Testa, A. et al. Prosthetic repair of a perforated Amyand’s hernia: hazardous or feasible?. Hernia 11, 551–552 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-007-0265-9

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