Have outcomes of incisional hernia repair improved with time? A population-based analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-135

  Flum, David R ^a,b   Horvath, Karen ^b   Koepsell, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037208573     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200301000-00018     Document Type: Article

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