Preoperative ultrasound and intraoperative findings of inguinal hernias in children: A prospective study of 642 children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 865-868

  Erez, Ilan ^a,b   Rathause, Valeria ^a,b   Vacian, Igor ^a,b   Zohar, Edna ^a,b   Hoppenstein, David ^a,b   Werner, Miriam ^a,b   Lazar, Ludwig ^a,b   Freud, Enrique ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hydrocele; Patent processus vaginalis; Pediatric inguinal hernia; Ultrasound and inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERNIORRHAPHY; INGUINAL CANAL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

EID: 0035987653     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.32889     Document Type: Article

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