Chronic pain 5 years after randomized comparison of laparoscopic and Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 600-608

  Eklund, A ^a   Montgomery, A ^b   Bergkvist, L ^a   Rudberg, C ^a  

^a Central Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949373264     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6904     Document Type: Article

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