A long-term follow-up of a single rural surgeon's experience with laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-139

  Napier, Tim ^a,c   Olson, Jeremi T ^a,b   Windmiller, Jennifer ^a   Treat, Jennifer ^a  

^a Hess Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c Mile Bluff Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGEON; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN;

EID: 44849136874     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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