Repair of ventral incisional hernia: The design of a randomized trial to compare open and laparoscopic surgical techniques

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 22-29

  Itani, Kamal M F ^a   Neumayer, Leigh ^b   Reda, Domenic ^c   Kim, Lawrence ^d   Anthony, Thomas ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Utah USA   (United States)

^c Illinois USA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10944269229     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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