Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 5 , Pages 653-658 , November 2009

Management of Recurrent Inguinal Hernias

  • Kamal M.F. Itani, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Boston Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Boston University, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Kamal MF Itani, MD, Boston Veterans Affairs Health Care System (112A), 1400 VFW Pkwy, West Roxbury, MA 02132
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  • Robert Fitzgibbons Jr, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
    • ,
  • Samir S. Awad, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • George S. Ferzli, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Received 2 April 2009 ,Revised 17 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 July 2009.

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 Disclosure Information: Dr Itani received research support from Lifecell Corporation. Dr Fitzgibbons is a consultant and receives research support from Lifecell Corporation and royalties from Cook Surgical for the Fitzgibbons-Jenkins Multi Purpose Common Bile Duct Catheter. Dr Duh is on the clinical advisory board of Covidien. Dr Awad is a speaker and ad hoc consultant and has received research support from Lifecell Corporation. Dr Ferzli has nothing to disclose.

PII: S1072-7515(09)01149-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.07.015

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 209, Issue 5 , Pages 653-658 , November 2009

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