A prospective study comparing diathermy and scalpel incisions in tension-free inguinal hernioplasty

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-329

  Chrysos, Emmanuel ^a   Athanasakis, Elias ^a   Antonakakis, Sokratis ^a   Xynos, Evaghelos ^a   Zoras, Odysseas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALPEL; SKIN INCISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INGUINAL HERNIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LAPAROTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SAFETY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 20444500146     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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