Inguinal hernia: What we have learned from laparoscopic evaluation of the contralateral side

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 344-348

  Mollen, Kevin P ^a   Kane, Timothy D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral patent processus vaginalis; Inguinal hernia; Transinguinal laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

BLADDER INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; ORCHIECTOMY; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TETHERED TESTIS; VAS DEFERENS; WOUND INFECTION;

CHILD; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LAPAROSCOPY;

EID: 34249073807     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3281574597     Document Type: Review

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