Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in the pediatric age group-experience with 437 children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 789-792

  Parelkar, Sandesh V ^a   Oak, Sanjay ^a   Gupta, Rahul ^a   Sanghvi, Beejal ^a   Shimoga, Pradeep H ^a   Kaltari, Deepak ^a   Prakash, Advait ^a   Shekhar, Raj ^a   Gupta, Abhaya ^a   Bachani, Mitesh ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACHRONOUS HERNIA; OPERATION DURATION; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TESTIS ATROPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950488876     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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