Relationship between preoperative symptoms and improvement of quality of life in patients undergoing elective inguinal herniorrhaphy

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-113

  Magnusson, Jesper ^a,b   Videhult, Per ^c   Gustafsson, Ulf ^a,b   Nygren, Jonas ^a,b   Thorell, Anders ^a,b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Centrallasarettet ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL COMPONENT SCORE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REST; SELF REPORT; SURGICAL MESH; SYMPTOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84899491758     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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