Open AccessFive-Year Follow-Up of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic or Open Groin Hernia Repair
Author(s) -
David M. Wright,
Caron Paterson,
Norman Scott,
Alan Hair,
P. J. O’Dwyer
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200203000-00004
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , hernia repair , surgery , hernia , groin , general surgery , laparoscopy , inguinal hernia
To compare laparoscopic with open hernia repair in a randomized clinical trial at a median follow-up of 5 years.