Management of complications following inguinal hernia repair

Problems in General Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 97-108

  Riley, Keyan D ^a   Lilly, Michael C ^a   Arregui, Maurice E ^a,b  

^a KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EJACULATION DISORDER; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE INFERTILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEROMA; TESTIS DISEASE; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0036907175     PISSN: 07398328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013452-200212000-00015     Document Type: Review

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