Classification systems for groin hernias

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1053-1063

  Zollinger Jr, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0141731241     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00126-9     Document Type: Review

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