Cost containment and totally extraperitoneal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-40

  Farinas, L P ^a   Griffen, F D ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Highland Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Cost:benefit analysis; Hernia; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy; Total extraperitoneal approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033988853     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900007     Document Type: Article

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