Sports hernia: Diagnosis and treatment highlighting a minimal repair surgical technique

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1341-1349

  Minnich, John M ^a   Hanks, John B ^b   Muschaweck, Ulrike ^c   Brunt, L Michael ^d   Diduch, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Hernia Center   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

athletic hernia; athletic pubalgia; chronic groin pain; minimal repair technique; sports hernia; sportsman's groin

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; INJURY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ATHLETIC INJURIES; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 79959473738     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546511402807     Document Type: Article

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