SURGERY OF GROIN HERNIA IN THE ELDERLY
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The authors report their 14 years experiences with inguinal hernia repair in elderly. The result were compared with young (<75 years old), and confirmed that there were no significant differences between the 2 groups.
The study confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the “tension-free” technique under local anaesthesia, which is proposed as the treatment of choice in elderly.
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Lo Schiavo, M.G., et al. “SURGERY OF GROIN HERNIA IN THE ELDERLY”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 73, no. 6, Nov. 2002, pp. 623-7, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/823.
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