Testicular functions, chronic groin pain, and quality of life after laparoscopic and open mesh repair of inguinal hernia: A prospective randomized controlled trial

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1304-1317

  Singh, Anand Narayan ^a   Bansal, Virinder Kumar ^a   Misra, Mahesh C ^a   Kumar, Subodh ^a   Rajeshwari, S ^a   Kumar, Atin ^a   Sagar, Rajesh ^a   Kumar, Anand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic groin pain; Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair; Open mesh repair; Quality of life; Testicular dysfunctions

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ONDANSETRON; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCHYMOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN MESH REPAIR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCROTAL PAIN; SEROMA; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84863514283     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-2029-y     Document Type: Review

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