Methods of repair and risk for reoperation in Swedish hernia surgery from 1992 to 1996

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1686-1691

  Nilsson, E ^a,c   Haapaniemi, S ^b   Gruber, G ^a   Sandblom, G ^a  

^a Motala Hospital   (Sweden)

^b VRINNEVI HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Neurology Unit General Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031737454     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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