Inguinal hernia repair: Current surgical techniques

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 397, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-282

  Bittner, R ^a   Schwarz, J ^a  

^a EuromedClinic Fürth ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopic hernia repair; Lichtenstein; Mesh implantation; Shouldice

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

CHRONIC PAIN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLAT OPEN MESH REPAIR; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKILL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TOTAL EXTRAPERITONEAL PATCH PLASTY; TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL PATCH PLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CHRONIC PAIN; ENDOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858865564     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-011-0875-7     Document Type: Review

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