Management of Recurrent Inguinal Hernias

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 653-658

  Itani, Kamal M F ^a   Fitzgibbons Jr , Robert ^b   Awad, Samir S ^c   Duh, Quan Yang ^d   Ferzli, George S ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; WATCHFUL WAITING;

FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECURRENCE; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 70350127175     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.015     Document Type: Review

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