Surgical options in the management of groin hernias

American Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 893-906

  Bax, Tim ^a   Sheppard, Brett C ^a   Crass, Richard A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033557495     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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