Advantages of laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal herniorrhaphy in the evaluation and management of inguinal hernias

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 466-470

  Novitsky, Yuri W ^a,b,c   Czerniach, Donald R ^b   Kercher, Kent W ^c   Kaban, Gordie K ^b   Gallagher, Karen A ^b   Kelly, John J ^b   Heniford, B Todd ^c   Litwin, Demetrius E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic inguinal hernia; Diagnostic accuracy; Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy; Occult contralateral hernia; Transabdominal preperitoneal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 33947150512     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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