Outcomes following laparoscopic versus open repair of incisional hernia

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2056-2064

  Sains, Parvinder S ^a   Tilney, Henry S ^a   Purkayastha, Sanjay ^a   Darzi, Ara W ^a   Athanasiou, Thanos ^a   Tekkis, Paris P ^a   Heriot, Alexander G ^a,b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750481260     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0026-4     Document Type: Article

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