Laparoscopic or Open Inguinal Herniorrhaphy?: A Randomized Prospective Trial

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 973-981

  Payne, John H ^a   Grininger, Lisa M ^a   Izawa, Mark T ^a   Podoll, Eileen F ^a   Lindahl, Paula J ^a   Balfour, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028018096     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1994.01420330087016     Document Type: Article

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