Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in obese patients: A new standard of care

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-61

  Novitsky, Yuri W ^a   Cobb, William S ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Matthews, Brent D ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 30844436361     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.1.57     Document Type: Article

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