Comparison of the posterior approach and anterior approach for a Kugel repair of treatment of inguinal hernias

Surgery Today

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 403-407

  Zhou, Xuelu ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernias; Kugel repair; Posterior and anterior approach

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KUGEL REPAIR; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876460744     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-012-0258-x     Document Type: Article

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