Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 131-135 , January 2008

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair does not impair testicular perfusion

  • Felix Schier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6131 172034; fax: +49 6131 175533.
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  • Salmai Turial

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany
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  • Thomas Hückstädt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany
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  • Klaus Ulrich Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany
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  • Tanja Wannik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, 55101 Mainz, Germany

Received 29 August 2007 ,Accepted 2 September 2007.

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 Presented at the 38th annual meeting of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Orlando, Florida, May 24-27, 2007.

PII: S0022-3468(07)00703-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.09.033

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 1 , Pages 131-135 , January 2008

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