The Kugel repair for groin hernias

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1119-1139

  Kugel, Robert D ^a  

^a Hernia Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; CONVALESCENCE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KUGEL REPAIR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141507921     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00123-3     Document Type: Review

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