Dynamic self-regulating prosthesis (protesi autoregolantesi dinamica): The long-term results in the treatment of primary inguinal hernias

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-248

  Valenti, Gabriele ^a   Baldassarre, Emanuele ^a,c   Testa, Alessandro ^a   Arturi, Alessandro ^a   Torino, Giovanni ^a   Campisi, Costantino ^b   Capuano, Giorgio ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMORAL HERNIA; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INGUINAL HERNIA; IPOESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSTHESIS; PROTESI AUTOREGOLANTESI DINAMICA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TESTIS ATROPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645514266     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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