Guidelines for inguinal hernia repair in everyday practice

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-214

  Metzger, J ^a   Lutz, N ^a   Laidlaw, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Day case; Follow up; Groin hernia repair; Guidelines; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034990287     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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