Discordance between the patient's and surgeon's perception of complications following hernia surgery

Hernia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-149

  Franneby U ^a   Gunnarsson, U ^b   Wollert, S ^c   Sandblom, Gabriel ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Samariterhemmet Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complications; Hernia; Reliability; Validation; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSTIPATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444479108     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-004-0310-x     Document Type: Article

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