Laparoscopic transabdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) repair of groin hernia: One surgeon's experience of a developing technique

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 393-398

  Evans, David S ^a  

^a Shropshire Nuffield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BRUISING; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; URINE RETENTION; VISCERA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036843280     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588402760978184     Document Type: Article

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