Surgical techniques preventing chronic pain after Lichtenstein hernia repair: State-of-the-art vs daily practice in the Netherlands

Hernia

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-151

  Wijsmuller, A R ^a   Lange, J F M ^b   van Geldere, D ^b   Simons, M P ^c   Kleinrensink, G J ^a,d   Hop, W C J ^a   Jeekel, J ^a   Lange, J F ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Inguinal hernia; Neurectomy; Postoperative pain; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LICHTENSTEIN REPAIR; NETHERLANDS; NEURECTOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 34547116437     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-006-0177-0     Document Type: Article

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