Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in men with lightweight meshes may significantly impair sperm motility: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-246

  Peeters, Ellen ^a   Spiessens, Carl ^b   Oyen, Raymond ^a   De Wever, Liesbeth ^a   Vanderschueren, Dirk ^a   Penninckx, Freddy ^a   Miserez, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARLEX; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROMA; SHORT FORM 36; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYPROPYLENES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCROTUM; SPERM MOTILITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 77955172341     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e8fac5     Document Type: Article

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