Combined open and laparoscopic approach to chronic pain after inguinal hernia repair

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 695-700

  Keller, Jennifer E ^a   Stefanidis, Demitrios ^a   Dolce, Charles J ^a   Iannitti, David A ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; NEURALGIA; NEURECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649107139     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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