"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Inguinal Canal" by people in Profiles.
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Gonzalez KW, Dalton BG, Snyder CL, Leys CM, St Peter SD, Ostlie DJ. The anatomic findings during operative exploration for non-palpable testes: A prospective evaluation. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Jan; 51(1):128-30.
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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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Hager E, Larson RA, DiMuzio PJ, Lombardi JV. New techniques and developments of stenting for infrainguinal arterial occlusive disease: are the results any better than balloon angioplasty alone? Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther. 2007 Sep; 19(3):300-6.
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Hirsch IH, Abdel-Meguid TA, Gomella LG. Postsurgical outcomes assessment following varicocele ligation: laparoscopic versus subinguinal approach. Urology. 1998 May; 51(5):810-5.