The accuracy of ultrasonography in classification of groin hernias according to the criteria of the unified classification system

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-400

  Djuric Stefanovic, A ^a,b   Saranovic, D ^a,b   Ivanovic, A ^a   Masulovic, D ^a,b   Zuvela, M ^a,b   Bjelovic, M ^a,b   Pesko, P ^a,b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Classification; Groin; Hernia; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 48449093865     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0352-6     Document Type: Article

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