Audit and recurrence rates after hernia surgery

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-158

  Sandblom, Gabriel ^a   Gruber, Göran ^a   Kald, Anders ^b   Nilsson, Erik ^a  

^a Motala Hospital   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Femoral hernia; Inguinal hernia; Length of stay; Medical audit; Quality assurance; Questionnaire; Registries; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMORAL HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTRATION; REOPERATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033951378     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241500750009519     Document Type: Article

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