Comparison of Conventional Anterior Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Inguinal-Hernia Repair
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- 29 May 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 336 (22) , 1541-1547
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199705293362201
Abstract
Inguinal hernias can be repaired by laparoscopic techniques, which have had better results than open surgery in several small studies.Keywords
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