Obturator hernia: Embryology, anatomy, and surgical applications

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-84

  Skandalakis, Lee J ^a   Androulakis, John ^e   Colborn, Gene L ^a,c   Skandalakis, John E ^a,b,c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; EMBRYOLOGY; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OBTURATOR HERNIA; OBTURATOR NERVE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033983599     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70398-4     Document Type: Article

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