Controlled multicenter trial of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty vs Shouldice herniorrhaphy: Early results

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 845-847

  Tschudi, J ^a   Wagner, M ^a   Klaiber, Ch ^a   Brugger, J J ^b   Frei, E ^c   Krahenbuhl L ^c   Inderbitzi, R ^d   Husler J ^e   Hsu Schmitz, S ^e  

^a Aarberg Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de la Providence   (Switzerland)

^c Spital Netz Bern   (Switzerland)

^d Limmattalspital   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Controlled trial; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic repair; Prosthetic mesh; Shouldice repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030211178     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189547     Document Type: Article

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