Pediatric inguinal hernia: Laparoscopic versus open surgery

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-281

  Bharathi, Ramanathan Saranga ^a   Arora, Manu ^b   Baskaran, Vasudevan ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CHSC   (India)

Author keywords

Herniotomy; Laparoscopy; Pediatric inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149395366     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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