Recurrent inguinal hernia: Randomized multicenter trial comparing laparoscopic and Lichtenstein repair

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 634-640

  Eklund, A ^a   Rudberg, C ^a   Leijonmarck, C E ^b   Rasmussen, I ^c   Spangen, L ^d   Wickbom, G ^e   Wingren, U ^f   Montgomery, A ^g  

^a Västerås Hospital   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy; Lichtenstein; Pain; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; ORCHITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCROTAL PAIN; SEROMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947331745     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-006-9163-y     Document Type: Article

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