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Cost Effectiveness of Laparoscopic Versus Open Mesh Hernia Operation: Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs Randomized Clinical Trial

✍ Scribed by Denise M. Hynes; Kevin T. Stroupe; Ping Luo; Anita Giobbie-Hurder; Domenic Reda; Margaret Kraft; Kamal Itani; Robert Fitzgibbons; Olga Jonasson; Leigh Neumayer

Book ID: 113677175
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 374 KB
Volume: 203
Category: Article
ISSN: 1072-7515
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.05.019

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