Comparison of Kugel and Lichtenstein operations for inguinal hernia repair: Results of a prospective randomized study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-350

  Dogru, Osman ^a   Girgin, Mustafa ^a   Bulbuller, Nurullah ^a   Cetinkaya, Ziya ^a   Aygen, Erhan ^a   Camci, Cemalettin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944458831     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0408-z     Document Type: Article

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