Laparoscopic surgery of inguinal hernia in children - Experience with 110 repairs

Indian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 70-74

  Oak, Sanjay ^a,b   Parelkar, Sandesh ^a   Agarwal, Prakash ^a   Sailukar, Manjusha ^a   Gera, Parshottam ^a   Pathak, Rahul ^a   Viswanath, Naveen ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia in children; Laparoscopy; Paediatric inguinal hernia in children

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2942541032     PISSN: 09722068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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