Long-term follow-up after Lichtenstein hernioplasty in a general surgical unit

Hernia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Verstraete, Lucas ^a   Swannet, H ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Discomfort; Follow up; Inguinal hernia; Lichtenstein; Paresthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREMASTER MUSCLE; EDEMA; EJACULATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BRUISING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TESTIS ATROPHY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344253701     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-003-0144-y     Document Type: Article

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