Changing the path of inguinal hernia surgery decreased the recurrence rate ten-fold. Report from a county hospital

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 592-596

  Berndsen, F ^a   Sevonius, D ^b  

^a Akranes Hospital   (Iceland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Inguinal hernia; Quality control; Recurrence rate

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; ICELAND; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036947454     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11024150201680004     Document Type: Article

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