The development of a clinical trial to determine if watchful waiting is an acceptable alternative to routine herniorrhaphy for patients with minimal or no hernia symptoms

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 737-742

  Fitzgibbons, Robert J Jr ^a,e   Jonasson, Olga ^b   Gibbs, James ^c   Dunlop, Dorothy D ^c   Henderson, William ^d   Reda, Domenic ^d   Giobbie Hurder, Anita ^d   McCarthy Jr , Martin ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LICHTENSTEIN TENSION FREE HERNIA REPAIR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36 HEALTH RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037989096     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(03)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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