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Inguinal herniation in the adult, defect or disease: A surgeon’s odyssey

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Fig. 1 was reprinted from Reference 7, page 612, with permission from Excerpta Medica. Fig. 2 was reprinted from Reference 19, page 820, with permission from Excerpta Medica. Fig. 3 was reprinted from Reference 19, page 821, with permission from Excerpta Medica. Fig. 4 was reprinted from Reference 22, page 432, with permission from Elsevier. Table 1 was reprinted from Reference 27, page 388, with permission from the American Medical Association. Copyright 1984

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Read, R.C. Inguinal herniation in the adult, defect or disease: A surgeon’s odyssey. Hernia 8, 296–299 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-004-0261-2

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