Is laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair an operation of the past?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 616-620

  Grunwaldt, Lorelei J ^a   Schwaitzberg, Steven D ^b   Rattner, David W ^c   Jones, Daniel B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15944368932     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.10.033     Document Type: Review

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