Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57 , February 2007

Current management of hernias and hydroceles

  • Stanley T. Lau, MD
    • ,
  • Yi-Horng Lee, MD
    • ,
  • Michael G. Caty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Michael G. Caty, MD, State University of New York at Buffalo, Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222.

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doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2006.10.007

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57 , February 2007

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