Inguinal Hernias: Should We Repair?

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-138

  Turaga, Kiran ^a   Fitzgibbons Jr , Robert J ^a   Puri, Varun ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DECISION MAKING; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 38949156846     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.11.004     Document Type: Review

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