500 Total extraperitoneal approach laparoscopic herniorrhaphies: A single-institution review

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-301

  Heithold, Daniel L ^a,b   Ramshaw, Bruch J ^a   Mason, Edward M ^a   Duncan, Titus D ^a   White, Jacqueline ^a   Frederick Dozier, A ^a   Tucker, Jeff G ^a   Wilson, John P ^a   Lucas, George W ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 423 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 0030951496     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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