Reducing the incidence of incisional hernias following open gastric bypass surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 438-444

  Capella, Rafael F ^a,b   Iannace, Vincent A ^a   Capella, Joseph F ^a  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bypass; Incisional hernias; Intraabdominal tension; Laparoscopic gastric bypass; LaPlace's law; Morbid obesity; Obesity surgery; Open gastric; Ventral hernias

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; POLYPROPYLENE; SUTURE MATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC BYPASS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYPROPYLENES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249799311     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9075-5     Document Type: Article

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