Optimal timeline for emergency surgery in patients with strangulated groin hernias

Hernia

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 845-848

  Koizumi, M ^a   Sata, N ^a   Kaneda, Y ^a   Endo, K ^a   Sasanuma, H ^a   Sakuma, Y ^a   Ota, M ^a   Lefor, A T ^a   Yasuda, Y ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency operation; Femoral hernia; Inguinal hernia; Postoperative complications; Strangulated hernia; Timeline

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892171050     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-014-1219-7     Document Type: Article

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