Inguinal Hernia Repair Protects Testicular Function: A Prospective Study of Open and Laparoscopic Herniorraphy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-23

  Beddy, Peter ^a   Ridgway, Paul F ^a   Geoghegan, Tony ^a   Peirce, Colin ^a   Govender, Pradeep ^a   Keane, Francis B V ^a   Torreggiani, William C ^a   Conlon, Kevin C P ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTIS PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33745217802     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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