Inguinal hernia repair in a community hospital setting-have attitudes changed because of laparoscopy?: A review of a general surgeon' s Experience over the Last 5 Years

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Agresta, Ferdinando ^a,b   Mazzarolo, Giorgio ^a   Bedin, Natalino ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fibrin sealant; Hernia; Meshes; Outcomes; TAPP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SAFETY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549140108     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a6254c     Document Type: Article

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