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Entero-scrotal fistula in a Ghanaian adult: a case report of the spontaneous rupture of a neglected strangulated inguinal hernia

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Ohene-Yeboah, M. Entero-scrotal fistula in a Ghanaian adult: a case report of the spontaneous rupture of a neglected strangulated inguinal hernia. Hernia 15, 455–457 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-010-0672-1

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