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George E. Wantz, MD

JAMA. 1997;277(8):663-669.

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Mr K, a 65-year-old engineer and married father of 6, has had a moderate-sized hernia for many years and is trying to decide whether to have it repaired. Recently retired from his principal job but still working full-time, he is covered by Medicare and supplementary private insurance. He lives in a suburb of Boston, Mass, and for several years has been cared for by Dr M, a general internist practicing in a primary care unit at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Mr K was born with a left-sided hernia. He recalls having episodes of pain as a young child and that he and his family attempted periodically to reduce the hernia. When he was 8 years old, the hernia was repaired. He has had no trouble on that side since. In 1961, he was first told of a hernia on the right side during a routine military . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Footnotes
Dr Wantz is Clinical Professor of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY.

This conference took place at the Surgery Grand Rounds of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, East Campus, Boston, Mass, on October 26, 1996.

Reprints: Erin E. Hartman, MS, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, East Campus, 330 Brookline Ave, LY339, Boston, MA 02215.

Clinical Crossroads at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is produced and edited by Thomas L. Delbanco, MD, and Jennifer Daley, MD; Erin E. Hartman, MS, is managing editor. Clinical Crossroads section editor: Margaret A. Winker, MD, Senior Editor, JAMA.

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