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Lichtenstein Tension-free Hernioplasty

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  1. Lichtenstein-Amid Hernia Clinic, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, USA

    David C. Chen

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  1. General and Day Surgery Unit Center of Research and High Specialization for the Pathologies of Abdominal Wall and Surgical Treatment and Repair of Abdominal Hernia Istituto Clinico Sant’Ambrogio, University of Insubria, Milan, Italy

    Giampiero Campanelli (President, The European Hernia Society) (President, The European Hernia Society)

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Nguyen, D.K., Amid, P.K., Chen, D.C. (2017). Lichtenstein Tension-free Hernioplasty. In: Campanelli, G. (eds) Inguinal Hernia Surgery. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-3947-6_1

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