Sportsman's hernia: An entity to be defined, diagnosed and treated properly?

Wideochirurgia I Inne Techniki Maloinwazyjne

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-41

  Morales Conde, Salvador ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groin pain; Imbalance; Posterior inguinal wall; Sportman's hernia; Totally preperitoneal approach

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ATHLETE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HERNIA; HERNIOGRAPHY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEITIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STRETCHING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY PICTURE;

EID: 69949106098     PISSN: 18954588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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