A selective sac extraction method: another minimally invasive procedure for inguinal hernia repair in children: a technical innovation with satisfactory surgical and cosmetic results

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1666-1671

  Ikeda, Hitoshi ^a   Hatanaka, Masahiro ^a   Suzuki, Makoto ^a   Fujino, Junko ^a   Tahara, Kazunori ^a   Ishimaru, Yuki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Inguinal hernia; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INCISION; SURGEON;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650938358     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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