The incidence of spermatic cord structures in inguinal hernia sacs from male children

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 880-885

  Steigman, Carmen K ^a   Sotelo Avila, Cirilo ^a   Weber, Thomas R ^a  

^a Cardinal Glennon Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Hernia; Inguinal; Spermatic cord; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGICAL RISK; VAS DEFERENS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDIDYMIS; GENITALIA, MALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATIC CORD; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0032795281     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199908000-00004     Document Type: Article

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