Inguinal hernia: Classification, diagnosis and treatment classic, traumatic and sportsman's hernia

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-134

  Holzheimer, René Gordon ^a,b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hernia repair; Laparoscopic hernia repair; Open mesh repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGING; APONEUROSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMORAL HERNIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMORRHOID; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OBESITY; OBTURATOR HERNIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR; UNITED STATES; VARICOSIS;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS;

EID: 17144377790     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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