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Review
. 2008 Feb 2;336(7638):269-72.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39450.428275.AD.

Inguinal hernias

John T Jenkins  1 , Patrick J O'Dwyer
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Review

Inguinal hernias

John T Jenkins et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Fig 1 Anatomy of the inguinal canal
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Fig 2 Open mesh repair of an inguinal hernia
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