Background: Up to one-third of patients with an inguinal hernia have no symptoms from the hernia. The aim of this study was to determine the long-term outcome of patients with a painless inguinal hernia randomized to observation or operation. ## Methods : Some 160 men aged 55 years or more with a
Long-term follow-up of patients with a painless inguinal hernia from a randomized clinical trial
β Scribed by L. Chung; J. Norrie; P. J. O'Dwyer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 98
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.7355
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