Anatomical changes after inguinal hernia treatment: A reason for chronic pain and recurrent hernia?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 395-399

  Kocijan, Roland ^a   Sandberg, Simone ^a   Chan, Yi Wei ^a   Hollinsky, Christian ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Groin hernia; Hesselbach's triangle; Hessert's triangle; Recurrence; TAPP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPERMATIC CORD; SUTURING METHOD; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 77649180270     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0595-z     Document Type: Article

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