Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children

Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 94-96

  Cheung, Tan To ^a   Chan, Kwong Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic repair

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PAIN; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 0242521468     PISSN: 10284001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2034.2003.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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