Complications of inguinal hernia surgery in children

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 532-535

  Hussain Taqvi, Syed Raees ^a   Akhtar, Jamshed ^a   Batool, Tayyaba ^a   Tabassum, Razia ^a   Mirza, Farhat ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child; Inguinal hernia; Postoperative complication

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCROTUM DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TESTIS SIZE; WOUND INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33748465698     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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