Laparoscopic diagnosis of contralateral patent processus vaginalis in children under 1 year of age with unilateral inguinal hernia: Comparison with herniography

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1213-1215

  Van Glabeke, Emmanuel ^a,b   Khairouni, Abdeslam ^a   Gall, Olivier ^a   Le Pointe, Hubert Ducou ^a   Jaby, Olivier ^a   Larroquet, Michèle ^a   Kotobi, Henri ^a   Chevet, Jean Baptiste ^a   Audry, Georges ^a   Gruner, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Herniography; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 13044282472     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(99)90154-9     Document Type: Article

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