Groin and scrotal swellings in children aged 5 years and below: A review of 535 cases

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 446-450

  Abantanga, F A ^a  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cystic lymphangioma; Hydrocele; Inguinal hernia; Undescended testis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; CRYPTORCHISM; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; HERNIA; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORCHIECTOMY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTUM DISORDER; SEMINOMA; TESTIS DISEASE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; GHANA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

EID: 0041837520     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0939-4     Document Type: Review

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