Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair-a prospective personal series of 542 children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1081-1084

  Schier, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Inguinal hernia in children; Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy; Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ATROPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE; TESTIS;

EID: 33744921624     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.02.028     Document Type: Article

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