Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 1170-1173 , August 1996

Laparoscopic evaluation for contralateral patent processus vaginalis: Part II

  • George W. Holcomb III

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to George W. Holcomb III, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Medical Arts Bldg, Suite 338, 1211 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212.
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  • Walter M. Morgan III
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  • John W. Brock III

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☆ Presented at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Francisco, California, October 13–15, 1995.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 8 , Pages 1170-1173 , August 1996

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