Recalcitrant abdominal wall hernias: Long-term superiority of autologous tissue repair

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-114

  Girotto, John A ^b   Chiaramonte, Michael ^b   Menon, Nathan G ^b   Singh, Navin ^b   Silverman, Ron ^b   Tufaro, Anthony P ^b   Nahabedian, Maurice ^b   Goldberg, Nelson H ^b   Manson, Paul N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; EXERCISE; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SKIN GRAFT; STEROID THERAPY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037773427     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000066162.18720.C8     Document Type: Article

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