It is highly unlikely that the development of an abdominal wall hernia can be attributable to a single strenous event

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-171

  Pathak, Samir ^a   Poston, Graeme J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hernia; Litigation; Strenuous event; Traumatic event

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UMBILICAL HERNIA; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33644942661     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X95093     Document Type: Article

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