Contralateral groin exploration is not justified in infants with a unilateral inguinal hernia

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 720-723

  Ballantyne, A ^a   Jawaheer, G ^a   Munro, F D ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANCY; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035666127     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2001.01744.x     Document Type: Article

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