Inguinal hernia in the male child: Where the latest skirmish line has formed

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 869-871

  Dehner, Louis P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGICAL RISK; VAS DEFERENS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENITALIA, MALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATIC CORD;

EID: 0032786465     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199908000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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