Outcome of inguinal hernia repair at two rural hospitals in northern Scotland

Surgeon

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 343-345

  Menakuru, S R ^a   Philip, T ^a   Ravindranath, N ^a   Fisher, Paul W ^a  

^a Caithness General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Hernia; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33751585653     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(06)80109-5     Document Type: Article

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