Nationwide quality improvement of groin hernia repair from the Danish Hernia Database of 87,840 patients from 1998 to 2005

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b   Bay Nielsen, M ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Hernia; Pain; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; CHRONIC PAIN; CONVALESCENCE; DENMARK; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANESTHESIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 39049096865     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0285-5     Document Type: Review

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