The incidence of complications following primary inguinal herniotomy in babies weighing 5 kg or less

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 500-502

  Nagraj, Shobhana ^a   Sinha, Sidhartha ^a   Grant, Hugh ^a   Lakhoo, Kokila ^a   Hitchcock, Rowena ^a   Johnson, Paul ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hernia recurrence; Low birth weight babies; Neonatal herniotomy; Testicular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHIDOPEXY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TESTIS ATROPHY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744469575     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1695-7     Document Type: Article

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