Athletic pubalgia: Definition and surgical treatment

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-396

  Ahumada, Leonik A ^a   Ashruf, Salman ^a   Espinosa De Los Monteros, Antonio ^a   Long, James N ^a   De La Torre, Jorge I ^a   Garth, William P ^b   Vasconez, Luis O ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic pubalgia; Internal oblique flap; Sports hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PUBALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 25844506574     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000181344.22386.fa     Document Type: Review

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