Chronic pain after hernia repair: A randomized trial comparing Shouldice, Lichtenstein and TAPP

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 389, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Köninger, Jörg ^a,b   Redecke, Jens ^a   Butters, Michael ^a  

^a Krankenhaus Bietigheim   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Groin hernia; Lichtenstein; Shouldice; TAPP; Tension free repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPORTS; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8744293581     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-004-0496-5     Document Type: Article

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