Nerve management during open hernia repair

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Wijsmuller, A R ^a   Van Veen, R N ^a   Bosch, J L ^a   Lange, J F M ^a   Kleinrensink, G J ^b,c   Jeekel, J ^a   Lange, J F ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Lowlands Institute of Surgical and Applied Anatomy   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INGUINAL HERNIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33846442344     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5651     Document Type: Review

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