Patent processus vaginalis in the adult as a risk factor for the occurrence of indirect inguinal hernia

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-205

  Van Veen, R N ^a   Van Wessem, K J P ^a   Halm, J A ^a   Simons, M P ^b   Plaisier, P W ^c   Jeekel, J ^a   Lange, J F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Obliterative processus vaginalis; Patent processus vaginalis; TEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; APPENDECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL CANAL; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846357152     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-0012-9     Document Type: Article

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