Postoperative hematoma following inguinal herniorrhaphy: Patient characteristics leading to increased risk

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-265

  Smoot, R L ^a   Oderich, G S ^a   Taner, C B ^a   Greenlee, S M ^a   Larson, D R ^a   Cragun, E B ^a   Farley, D R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Hematoma; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal hernia; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STEROID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; APONEUROSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GROIN; HEMATOMA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; WARFARIN;

EID: 44649090028     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0313-5     Document Type: Article

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