Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair by an intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique using expanded PTFE: A prospective study

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-455

  Hatzitheofilou, Constantin ^a,b   Lakhoo, Maganlal ^a   Sofianos, Constantin ^a   Levy, Richard D ^a   Velmahos, George ^a   Saadia, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic hernia repair

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0031470230     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199712000-00003     Document Type: Article

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