Elective neurectomy during open, "tension free" inguinal hernia repair

Hernia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-69

  Tsakayannis, D E ^a   Kiriakopoulos, A C ^a   Linos, D A ^a  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hernia; Iliohypogastric nerve; Ilioinguinal nerve; Inguinal hernia; Inguinal pain; Neurectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 2542465887     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-003-0175-4     Document Type: Article

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