A longitudinal cohort study of incidence rates of inguinal hernia repair in 0- to 6-year-old children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2327-2331

  Pan, Mei Lien ^a   Chang, Wei Pin ^b   Lee, Hui Chen ^c   Tsai, Hsin Lin ^c   Liu, Chin Su ^c   Liou, Der Ming ^a   Sung, Yen Jen ^a   Chin, Tai Wai ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hernia repair; Hernioplasty; Incidence rate; Inguinal hernia; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HERNIA REPAIR; HERNIOPLASTY; INCIDENCE RATE; INGUINAL HERNIA; PRETERM;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84887598919     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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