Secondary Internal Inguinal Ring and Associated Surgical Planes: Surgical Anatomy, Embryology, Applications

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 561-570

  Mirilas, Petros ^a,b   Mentessidou, Anastasia ^b   Skandalakis, John E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREMASTER MUSCLE; EMBRYOLOGY; FASCIA; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; OBTURATOR HERNIA; ORCHIDOPEXY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY INTERNAL INGUINAL RING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TESTIS;

CRYPTORCHIDISM; FASCIA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE;

EID: 39549083001     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.09.022     Document Type: Review

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