Emergency hernia repairs in elderly patients

International Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-237

  Pérez, José A Álvarez ^a,b   Baldonedo, Ricardo F ^a   Bear, Isabel G ^a   Solís, José A S ^a   Álvarez, Paloma ^a   Jorge, José I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Emergency; External hernia; Hernia repair morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17144467835     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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