A long-term evaluation of the modified mesh-plug hernioplasty in over 2,000 patients

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-260

  Millikan, K W ^a,b   Doolas, A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Modified plug technique

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESH PLUG HERNIOPLASTY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECOVERY ROOM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINE RETENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649133839     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0324-2     Document Type: Article

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