Open preperitoneal mesh repair of recurrent inguinal and femoral hernias

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Sakorafas, George H ^a,b   Nissiotakis, Christos ^a   Chalikias, Ioannis ^a   Kotsifopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Stavrou, Alexios ^a   Kassaras, George A ^a  

^a 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Mesh; Recurrence; Recurrent inguinal hernia; Tension free repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREPERITONEAL MESH REPAIR; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25144461271     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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