Early results of inguinal hernia repair by the 'mesh plug' technique - First 200 cases

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 396-400

  Fasih, T ^a   Mahapatra, T K ^a   Waddington, R T ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Mesh plug technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0033724544     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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