Short-term outcomes of laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair: A meta-analysis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1161-1165

  Meta analysis, Open Ventral Hernia Repair A ^a,b,c   Goodney, Philip P ^a,b,c   Birkmeyer, Christian M ^a,b,c   Birkmeyer, John D ^a,b,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036794204     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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