The incidence of secondary hernias diagnosed during laparoscopic total extraperitoneal inguinal herniorrhaphy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-38

  Woodward, Ann M ^a   Choe, Ella U ^a   Flint, Lewis M ^a   Ferrara, John J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0031892174     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.1998.8.33     Document Type: Article

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