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Imaging of Abdominal Wall Hernias

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Abdominal wall hernias are defects in abdominal wall with protrusion of some part of the abdominal contents through the defect.

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  1. Health Plus Diagnostic and Imaging Center, New Delhi, India

    Rakesh K. Mathur

  2. Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Nidhi Goyal

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  1. Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Max Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Pradeep Chowbey

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, KTP Advanced Surgical Training Centre, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Davide Lomanto

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Mathur, R.K., Goyal, N. (2020). Imaging of Abdominal Wall Hernias. In: Chowbey, P., Lomanto, D. (eds) Techniques of Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3944-4_4

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