Chronic pain after Lichtenstein and preperitoneal (posterior) hernia repair

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-387

  Erhan, Yamac ^a,c   Erhan, Elvan ^b   Aydede, Hasan ^a   Mercan, Metin ^a   Tok, Demet ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

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EID: 53549090437     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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