The epidemiology and risk factors for recurrence after inguinal hernia surgery

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Burcharth, Jakob ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMORAL HERNIA; GENDER; HUMAN; ICD-10; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; DENMARK; HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84899677191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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