Kugel hernia repair: Open "mini-invasive" technique. Personal experience on 620 patients

Hernia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-347

  Ceriani, Valerio ^a   Faleschini, E ^a   Bignami, P ^a   Lodi, T ^a   Roncaglia, O ^a   Osio, C ^a   Sarli, D ^a  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Kugel technique; Preperitonel approach; Prosthetic repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KUGEL TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31044450856     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-005-0015-9     Document Type: Article

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