Combined open and laparoscopic approach to chronic pain following open inguinal hernia repair

Hernia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Rosen, M J ^a   Novitsky, Y W ^a   Cobb, W S ^a   Kercher, K W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Groin pain; Inguinal hernia pain; Inguinodynia; Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair; Neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCROTAL PAIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCAR;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 33645061245     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-005-0032-8     Document Type: Article

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