Surgery for posterior inguinal wall deficiency in athletes

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 415-421

  Steele, P ^a   Annear, P ^b   Grove, J R ^c  

^a SportsMed Subiaco   (Australia)

^b Perth Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTERIOR INGUINAL WALL DEFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUBIC BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TENDON INJURY; INGUINAL CANAL; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844362200     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(04)80257-3     Document Type: Article

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