Hernias: Inguinal and incisional

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9395, 2003, Pages 1561-1571

  Kingsnorth, Andrew ^a   LeBlanc, Karl ^b  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Surgical Specialty Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMORAL HERNIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATISTICS; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD;

EID: 0242403084     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14746-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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