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Published in: Hernia 4/2004

01-12-2004 | Pioneers in Hernia Surgery

Inguinal herniation in the adult, defect or disease: A surgeon’s odyssey

Author: R. C. Read

Published in: Hernia | Issue 4/2004

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Excerpt

My longtime interest in herniology began soon after becoming a medical student at Cambridge. Fascination with the complexity of the groin and its many rings made me decide to become a surgeon. In preparation, I took an extra year in anatomy, which was still in its golden age. The dogma was that inguinal herniae were congenital defects in normal tissues, which would stay so. …
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Metadata
Title
Inguinal herniation in the adult, defect or disease: A surgeon’s odyssey
Author
R. C. Read
Publication date
01-12-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Hernia / Issue 4/2004
Print ISSN: 1265-4906
Electronic ISSN: 1248-9204
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-004-0261-2

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