Laparoscopic versus open incisional hernia repair: A single-institution analysis of hospital resource utilization for 884 consecutive cases

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-75

  Earle, D ^a   Seymour, N ^a   Fellinger, E ^a   Perez, A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Financial analysis; Incisional hernia; Laparoscopy; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30744432892     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0091-z     Document Type: Article

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