Emergency presentation of abdominal hernias: Outcome and reasons for delay in treatment - A prospective study

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-50

  Davies, Mark ^a,b   Davies, Chris ^a   Morris Stiff, Gareth ^a   Shute, Ken ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal hernia; Emergency hernia surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE; WALES;

EID: 33846271372     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588407X160855     Document Type: Article

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