Laparoscopic ventral herma repair: A report of 100 consecutive cases

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-423

  Heniford, B T ^a   Ramshaw, B J ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Georgia Baptist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

EPTFE; Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene; Incisional hernia; Laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair; Laparoscopy; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033624147     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004640000179     Document Type: Article

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