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Left Sided Amyand’s Hernia, A Rare Occurance: A Case Report

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This is a case report about a 35 year old man admitted with complains of obstructed left sided inguinal hernia. On exploration of the left inguinal canal to our surprise a normal appendix was found in addition to a gangrenous omentum. Resection of the gangrenous omentum was done. Appendectomy was done. This case is reported for its rare occurance as only three such cases of left sided amyand's hernia has been reported so far in literature[4–6].

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Coimbatore Medical Collage Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Praveen Ravishankaran, G. Mohan, A. Srinivasan, G. Ravindran & A. Ramalingam

  2. 1,chaturvedi nagar,rayappa layout, Ganapathy, Coimbatore, 641006, India

    Praveen Ravishankaran

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Ravishankaran, P., Mohan, G., Srinivasan, A. et al. Left Sided Amyand’s Hernia, A Rare Occurance: A Case Report. Indian J Surg 75, 247–248 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-010-0223-0

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