Transinguinal laparoscopic examination: An end to the controversy on repair of inguinal hernia in children

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 339-341

  Lotan, Gad ^a,b   Efrati, Yigal ^a,b   Stolero, Sorin ^a,b   Klin, Baruch ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Exploration; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy; Processus vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SAFETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE;

EID: 3042528419     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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