Incidence of occult inguinal and spigelian hernias during laparoscopy of other reasons

Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-12

  Paajanen, Hannu ^a   Ojala, Seppo ^a   Virkkunen, Antti ^a  

^a Department of Nuclear Medicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIGELIAN HERNIA; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745963076     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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