Is laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair more effective than open repair?

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 291-296

  Aly, O ^a   Green, A ^a   Joy, M ^a   Wong, C H ^a   Al Kandari, A ^a   Cheng, S ^a   Malik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic repair; Lichtenstein repair; Randomised controlled trial; TEP

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EMBASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LICHTENSTEIN HERNIA REPAIR; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK RESUMPTION;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 79958725750     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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