Inguinal hernia repair as day-case surgery: a potentially underutilized practice
Adrian Tam MBBS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJenny Phong MBBS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Department of General Surgery, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJoyce Ma MBBS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Department of General Surgery, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorPaul Strauss MBBS, FRACS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorAdrian Tam MBBS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJenny Phong MBBS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Department of General Surgery, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorJoyce Ma MBBS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Department of General Surgery, Austin Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorPaul Strauss MBBS, FRACS
Central Gippsland Health, Sale Hospital, Sale, Victoria, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorDr Adrian Tam and Dr Jenny Phong are co-first authors.
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