Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children: A single-centre experience over 7 years

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-139

  Abraham, Mohan K ^a   Nasir, Abdulrasheed A ^b   Puzhankara, Ramakrishnan ^a   Abdur Rahman, Lukman O ^b   Viswanath, Naveen ^a   Kedari, Prashant ^a   Sudarshan, Bindu ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Children; inguinal hernia; laparoscopy; recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865524906     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.99400     Document Type: Article

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