Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in premature babies weighing 3 kg or less

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 989-992

  Esposito, C ^a   Turial, S ^b   Escolino, M ^a   Giurin, I ^a   Alicchio, F ^a   Enders, J ^b   Krause, K ^b   Settimi, A ^a   Schier, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Babies; Hernia repair; Laparoscopy; Premature Infants

Indexed keywords

NONABSORBABLE SUTURE;

ANESTHESIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTUBATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORCHIDOPEXY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERISTALSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCROTUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS ATROPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866728938     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-012-3156-9     Document Type: Article

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