Laparoscopic repair of incarcerated inguinal hernia. A safe and effective procedure to adopt in children

Hernia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-239

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Incarcerated hernia; Inguinal hernia; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880697982     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-012-0948-8     Document Type: Article

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