Laparoscopic versus open inguinal hernia repair

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1269-1279

  Cavazzola, Leandro Totti ^a   Rosen, Michael J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Hernia surgery; Inguinal; Laparoscopic; Mesh

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CHRONIC PAIN; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL SURGERY; TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ENDOSCOPIC; HERNIA SURGERY; INGUINAL; LAPAROSCOPIC; MESH;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883818234     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2013.06.013     Document Type: Review

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