Experience with "sports hernia" spanning two decades

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 656-664

  Meyers, William C ^a   McKechnie, Alex ^b   Philippon, Marc J ^c   Horner, Marcia A ^a   Zoga, Adam C ^d   Devon, Octavia N ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Lakers   (United States)

^c THE STEADMAN CLINIC   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENITAL EDEMA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT; SPORTS HERNIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERNIA; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROGNOSIS; SPORT INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 55449105544     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318187a770     Document Type: Article

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