Factors associated with postoperative complications and hernia recurrence for patients undergoing inguinal hernia repair: a report from the VA Cooperative Hernia Study Group

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-617

  Matthews, Richard D ^a   Anthony, Thomas ^b   Kim, Lawrence T ^c   Wang, Jia ^d   Fitzgibbons Jr , Robert J ^e   Giobbie Hurder, Anita ^d   Reda, Domenic J ^d   Itani, Kamal M F ^f   Neumayer, Leigh A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

^e VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal; Laparoscopic; Lichtenstein; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORCHITIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATISM; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCROTUM DISORDER; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35148829813     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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