Sports Hernias

Advances in Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue , 2007, Pages 177-187

  Diesen, Diana L ^a   Pappas, Theodore N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HERNIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HERNIA; HUMANS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPORTS;

EID: 34548698189     PISSN: 00653411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2007.05.011     Document Type: Review

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