Incisional hernia: Early complication of abdominal surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1608-1613

  Burger, Jacobus W A ^a   Lange, Johan F ^a,b   Halm, Jens A ^a   Kleinrensink, Gert Jan ^a   Jeekel, Hans ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28844465838     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7929-3     Document Type: Article

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