CAMIC Consensus-Conference 'Inguinial hernia': Report of workgroup 8: Theme: Endoscopic procedure (TAPP/TEP) vs open procedures with or without netimplant - Results of a systematic literature overview and meta-analysis;CAMIC-konsensuskonferenz "leistenhernie" niederschrift der ergebnisse der arbeitsgruppe 8: Thema: Endoskopische verfahren (TAPP/TEP) vs. offene Verfahren mit und ohne netzimplantation - Ergebnisse einer systematischen literaturübersicht und metaanalyse

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 593-601

  Schmedt, C G ^d   Bittner, R ^d   Sauerland, S ^a   Meyer, G G ^b   Keller, H ^d   Peiper, C ^d   Manger, T ^d   Birk, D ^d   Bauer, K H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Chirurgische Abteilung   (Germany)

^c St Maria Hilf Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^d NONE

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CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GERMANY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

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