Managing intra-operative complications during totally extraperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-170

  Lomanto, Davide ^a,b   Katara, Avinash N ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complications; Inguinal hernia; Inguinal hernia repair; Laparoscopic surgery; Total extraperitoneal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750163908     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.27732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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