Surgical anatomy of the inguinal region: Implications during inguinal laparoscopic herniorrhaphy

European Surgical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-190

  Totte E ^a   Van Hee, R ^a,c   Kox, G ^a   Hendrickx, L ^a   Van Zwieten, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hernia repair, laparoscopic; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal region; Laparoscopy, complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOPOGRAPHY;

DISSECTION; FEMALE; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 23844537622     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085967     Document Type: Article

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