Symposium on the management of inguinal hernias. 3. Laparoscopic groin hernia surgery: The TAPP procedure

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 192-198

  Litwin, Demetrius E M ^a   Pham, Quynh N ^b   Oleniuk, Fredrick H ^c   Kluftinger, Andreas M ^c   Rossi, Ljubomir ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c Saskatoon City Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL STAPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031154315     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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