"Inguinal Canal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The tunnel in the lower anterior ABDOMINAL WALL through which the SPERMATIC CORD, in the male; ROUND LIGAMENT, in the female; nerves; and vessels pass. Its internal end is at the deep inguinal ring and its external end is at the superficial inguinal ring.
| Descriptor ID |
D007264
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.923.047.412
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| Concept/Terms |
Inguinal Canal- Inguinal Canal
- Canal, Inguinal
- Canals, Inguinal
- Inguinal Canals
Inguinal Ring- Inguinal Ring
- Inguinal Rings
- Ring, Inguinal
- Rings, Inguinal
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Inguinal Canal" by people in Profiles.
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Patil DT, Laskin WB, Fetsch JF, Miettinen M. Inguinal smooth muscle tumors in women-a dichotomous group consisting of M?llerian-type leiomyomas and soft tissue leiomyosarcomas: an analysis of 55 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Mar; 35(3):315-24.
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Dittrick GW, Ridl K, Kuhn JA, McCarty TM. Routine ilioinguinal nerve excision in inguinal hernia repairs. Am J Surg. 2004 Dec; 188(6):736-40.
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Lanzillo JH, Moylan DJ, Mohiuddin M, Kramer S. Radiotherapy of stage I and II Hodgkin disease with inguinal presentation. Radiology. 1985 Jan; 154(1):213-5.