Strangulated umbilical hernia after esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a patient with liver cirrhosis and ascites.

Endoscopy

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Columbia, Missouri, USA.

Published: September 2014

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