Long-term follow-up evaluation of chronic pain after endoscopic total extraperitoneal repair of primary and recurrent inguinal hernia

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1707-1711

  Van Der Pool, A E M ^a   Harlaar, J J ^b   Den Hoed, P T ^a   Weidema, W F ^a   Van Veen, R N ^a  

^a IKAZIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Endoscopic; Inguinal hernia; Long term follow up; TEP

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LEG PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SURGICAL MESH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955662313     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-009-0833-4     Document Type: Article

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