Elective repair of abdominal wall hernias in decompensated cirrhosis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1516-1518

  Ozden, Ilgin ^a   Emre, Ali ^a,b   Bilge, Orhan ^a   Tekant, Yaman ^a   Acarli, Koray ^a   Alper, Aydin ^a   Aryogul, Orhan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Decompensated cirrhosis; Hernia repair

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM DISORDER; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN NECROSIS; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0031793206     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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