Day-case inguinal hernia repair in the elderly: A surgical priority

Hernia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-136

  Kurzer, M ^a   Kark, A ^a   Hussain, S T ^a,b  

^a British Hernia Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Day case; Elderly; Inguinal hernia; Local anaesthetic

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64149098080     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0452-3     Document Type: Article

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