Laparoscopic repair of incisional hernias

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-103

  Cobb, William S ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEROMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD;

ABDOMINAL WALL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 16644392832     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2004.09.006     Document Type: Review

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