Longterm Results of a Prospective Study of 225 Femoral Hernia Repairs: Indications for Tissue and Mesh Repair

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-367

  Chan, Gabriel ^a   Chan, Chin Keung ^a  

^a Shouldice Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 49749118648     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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