Short-Term Outcomes in Open vs. Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy: Confounding Impact of Worker's Compensation on Convalescence

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 575-582

  Barkun, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Keyser, Eric J ^a   Wexler, Marvin J ^a   Fried, Gerald M ^a   Hinchey, E John ^a   Fernandez, Myriam ^a   Meakins, Jonathan L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herniorrhaphy; Laparoscopy; Outcomes; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONVALESCENCE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; TIME FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0033220576     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(99)80078-X     Document Type: Article

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