Open or laparoscopic preperitoneal mesh repair for recurrent inguinal hernia? A randomized controlled trial

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-327

  Beets, G L ^a   Dirksen, C D ^a   Go, P M N Y H ^b   Geisler, F E A ^c   Baeten, C G M I ^a   Kootstra, G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy; Mesh; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; ILEUS; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032969851     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900981     Document Type: Article

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