Effects of prophylactic ilioinguinal nerve excision in mesh groin hernia repair: Short- and long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1275-1281

  Crea, Nicola ^a   Pata, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; ILIOINGUINAL NERVE EXCISION; INGUINAL HERNIA; LICHTENSTEIN PROCEDURE; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURECTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651350427     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000313481007601131     Document Type: Article

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