Prospective study of complications of hernia repair according to patient age;Estudio prospectivo de las complicaciones de la cirugía de la hernia en función de la edad de los pacientes

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 204-206

  Ciga, Miguel ángel ^a   Oteiza, Fabiola ^a   Ortiz, Héctor ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Hernioplasty; Inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896694195     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(04)72297-6     Document Type: Article

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