Give the patients the choice - The 'walk in walk out' hernia clinic

Ambulatory Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 125-129

  Leff, Daniel R ^a,b   Bhutiani, Rajinder P ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Local anaesthetic; WIWO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; E-MAIL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 31544472061     PISSN: 09666532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambsur.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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