Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair in children: A single-centre experience over 7 years

• Main Authors: Mohan K Abraham (Author), Abdulrasheed A Nasir (Author), Ramakrishnan Puzhankara (Author), Lukman O Abdur-Rahman (Author), Naveen Viswanath (Author), Prashant Kedari (Author), Bindu Sudarshan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: To evaluate 209 consecutive children who underwent laparoscopic hernia repair over a 7-year period. Technical details and clinical results are reported. Materials and Methods: A total of 284 open internal rings were closed laparoscopically in 209 children (142 boys and 67 girls, aged 30...