The role of laparoscopic evaluation to detect a contralateral defect at initial presentation for inguinal hernia repair

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1463-1466

  Draus Jr , John M ^a   Kamel, Sarah ^b   Seims, Aaron ^b   Rescorla, Frederick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TESTICULAR HYDROCELE;

EID: 80755156403     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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