The features of contralateral manifestations after the repair of unilateral inguinal hernia

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1099-1103

  Kemmotsu, Hisao ^a   Oshima, Yuji ^a   Joe, Kazuya ^a   Mouri, Takeshi ^a  

^a Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031816523     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(98)90539-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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