Preliminary results with the reinforced tension line: a new technique for patients with ventral abdominal wall hernias

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-239

  Hollinsky, Christian ^a   Sandberg, Simone ^a   Kocijan, Roland ^a  

^a Kaiserin Elisabeth Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall hernia; Contaminated hernia repair; Hernia repair without mesh; Incisional hernia; Linea alba; Recurrence; Tensiometry

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCED TENSION LINE; REOPERATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FASCIA; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347207532     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.09.045     Document Type: Article

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