Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Incisional Hernias: Pros and Cons

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-100

  Turner, Patricia L ^a   Park, Adrian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ANEURYSM; BIOPROSTHESIS; BLEEDING; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC REPAIR; MESH REPAIR; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIAL REPAIR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEROMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EXPERIENCE; SURGICAL TRAINING; VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIA;

HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949171410     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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