Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair in 407 patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 645-650

  Heniford, B Todd ^a   Park, Adrian ^b   Ramshaw, Bruce J ^c   Voeller, Guy ^d  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Georgia Baptist Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034120683     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(00)00280-5     Document Type: Article

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