Transverse verses midline incisions for abdominal surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Brown, Steven R ^a   Tiernan, Jim ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STANDARD;

HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33644877860     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005199.pub2     Document Type: Review

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