Laparoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with spinal anesthesia and nitrous oxide insufflation

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1026-1029

  Spivak, H ^a,b   Nudelman, I ^a   Fuco, V ^a   Rubin, M ^a   Raz, P ^a   Peri, A ^a   Lelcuk, S ^a   Eidelman, L A ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b San Jacinto Methodist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Insufflation gas; Laparoscopic hernia repair; Nitrous oxide; Spinal anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0032842795     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649901161     Document Type: Article

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