Surgery
Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 313-317 , March 2008

Laparoscopic extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair versus open mesh repair: long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

,Accepted 1 September 2007.

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PII: S0039-6060(07)00570-3

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.09.028

Surgery
Volume 143, Issue 3 , Pages 313-317 , March 2008

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