Endoscopic evaluation and treatment of groin pain in the athlete

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 944-949

  Kluin, Jolanda ^a   Den Hoed, Pieter T ^a   Van Linschoten, Robbart ^a,b   Ijzerman, John C ^c   Van Steensel, Cornelis J ^a  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Sports Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c Franciscus Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Athlete; Endoscopy; Groin; Hernia; Pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LIPOMA; MALE; OBTURATOR HERNIA; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PREPERITONEAL LIPOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL ENDOSCOPY; TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL ENDOSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS;

EID: 2442694265     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503259299     Document Type: Article

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