Preferred mesh-based inguinal hernia repair in a teaching setting: Results of a randomized study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1097-1100

  Nienhuijs, Simon ^a   Kortmann, Barbara ^b   Boerma, Michiel ^a   Strobbe, Luc ^a   Rosman, Camiel ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MESH; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SKILL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 5444252531     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.10.1097     Document Type: Article

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