Groin hernia surgery
By: Ira M. Rutkow, guest editor.
Contributors: Rutkow, Ira M.
Series: Surgical clinics of North America -- v. 78, no. 6
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1178
Subjects: Hernia -- Surgery.; Groin -- Surgery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Selective history of groin hernia surgery in the early 19th century : the anatomic atlases of Astley Cooper, Franz Hesselbach, Antonio Scarpa, and Jules-Germain Cloquet /  Ira M. Rutkow; value: Epidemiologic, economic, and sociologic aspects of hernia surgery in the United States in the 1990s /  Ira M. Rutkow; value: Etiology and pathophysiology of primary and recurrent groin hernia formation /  Jack Abrahamson; value: Historical development of prosthetics in hernia surgery /  James R. DeBord; value: Mesh plug repair and groin hernia surgery /  Alan W. Robbins, Ira M. Rutkow; value: Lichtenstein repair /  Martin Kurzer, Philip A. Belsham, Allan E. Kark; value: Laparoscopic repair and groin hernia surgery /  David L. Crawford, Edward H. Phillips; value: Inguinal hernia repair : the Nyhus posterior preperitoneal operation /  José F. Patiño, Luis G. García-Herreros, Natan Zundel; value: Giant prosthetic reinforcement of the visceral sac : the Stoppa groin hernia repair /  George E. Wantz; value: Complications of groin hernia surgery /  R. Bendavid; value: Pathophysiology, prevention, and management of prosthetic infections in hernia surgery /  Maximo Deysine; value: Classification systems and groin hernias /  Ira M. Rutkow, Alan W. Robbins; value: Audit of patient outcomes after herniorrhaphy /  Dermot C. O'Riordan, Andrew N. Kingsnorth; value: Hernia registers and specialization /  Erik Nilsson, Staffan Haapaniemi.