Chronic pain and recurrence after laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-269

  Øberg, Emilie ^a   Jacobsen, Bo ^a   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 27244432932     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sle.0000183256.27303.07     Document Type: Article

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