Is endoscopic totally extraperitoneal hernioplasty justified for the repair of groin hernia in female patients?

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1544-1548

  Lau, H ^a   Patil, N G ^a   Yuen, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Female; Femoral hernia; Inguinal hernia; Inguinal herniorrhaphy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HAIR; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 28344444272     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0101-1     Document Type: Article

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