Today's controversies in hernia surgery

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-14

  Amid, Parviz K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lichtenstein Hernia Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Hernia, inguinal; Laparoscopy; Patch clamp techniques; Plugs, surgical; Sutures

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TISSUE REPAIR;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031917637     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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