Wide resection of inguinal nerves versus simple section to prevent postoperative pain after prosthetic inguinal hernioplasty: Our experience

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1037-1043

  Zannoni, M ^a   Luzietti, E ^a   Viani, L ^a   Nisi, P ^a   Caramatti, C ^a   Sianesi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL CANAL; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGERY;

FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84898875097     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2363-4     Document Type: Article

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