Inguinal hernia repair: Where to next?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 573-579

  Zib, Martina ^a   Gani, Jon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groin pain; Inguinal hernia; Inguinal neuralgia; Mesh repair; Open mesh repair; Postoperative pain; Tension free repair

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EMBASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0036036320     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02475.x     Document Type: Article

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