"Scarless" laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair using a single port

Surgeon

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-181

  MacDonald, Euan R ^a   Ahmed, Irfan ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPE; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950947881     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2009.11.006     Document Type: Letter

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