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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 1/2005

01-01-2005 | Letters to the Editor

To the Editor

Authors: Marc Miserez, M.D., Ph.D., Erik Totte, M.D., Benoit Navez, M.D.

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 1/2005

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In the recently published RCT of inguinal hernia repairs performed at U.S. Veterans Administration hospitals [1], the investigators found that recurrence rates after laparoscopic repair were significantly higher than after the open Lichtenstein procedure for primary (but not for recurrent) inguinal hernias. …
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Voitk, AJ. 1998The learning curve in laparoscopic inguinal hernia for the community general surgeonCan. J. Surg.41446450
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Title
To the Editor
Authors
Marc Miserez, M.D., Ph.D.
Erik Totte, M.D.
Benoit Navez, M.D.
Publication date
01-01-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 1/2005
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-004-7764-y

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