Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: Are there comparative advantages over traditional methods of repair?

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-295

  Wright, Byron E ^a   Niskanen, Brian D ^a   Peterson, Debra J ^a   Ney, Arthur L ^a   Odland, Mark D ^a   VanCamp, Joan ^a   Zera, Richard T ^a   Rodriguez, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL WOUND; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036512697     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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