American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery hernia survey revisited

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1009-1014

  Antonoff, Mara B ^a   Kreykes, Nathaniel S ^a   Saltzman, Daniel A ^a   Acton, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Contralateral; Hydrocele; Infant; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy; Postoperative pain; Questionnaires; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20544449143     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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