Athlete's hernia - A true, early direct inguinal hernia: Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and surgical treatment

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1472-1476

  Chernyavsky, Victoriya S ^a   Davidov, Tomer ^a   Trooskin, Stanley Z ^a   Boyarsky, Andrew ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETE HERNIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CARE;

ATHLETES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755122965     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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