Chronic groin sepsis following tension-free inguinal hernioplasty

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 562-565

  Taylor, S G ^a   O'Dwyer, P J ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ARTICLE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GROIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0032935717     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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