The transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair: A trip along the learning curve

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-32

  Ridings, P ^a   Evans, D S ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MICTURITION; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034143137     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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