Sportsman's hernia - A plea for conservative therapeutical approach

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Kaplan, Ofer ^a   Arbel, Ron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conservative treatmen; Pubalgia; Repair; Sportsman's hernia

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HERNIA; HUMAN; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 20844443460     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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