An unexpected complication during laparoscopic herniorrhaphy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1576-1578

  Harkin, Christopher P ^a,c   Sommerhaug, Eiler W ^b   Mayer, Kathrin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PSSB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBE;

EID: 0032729908     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199912000-00051     Document Type: Article

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