A prospective comparative study of needlescopic and conventional endoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1737-1740

  Lau, H ^a   Lee, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Inguinal herniorrhaphy; Needlescope; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036913318     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-002-9027-z     Document Type: Article

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