Is it safe to perform laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with mesh in elderly patients?

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-242

  Lee, Y K ^a   Iqbal, A ^a   Vitamvas, M ^a   McBride, C ^a   Thompson, J ^a   Oleynikov, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Laparoscopy; Mesh; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HENIA REPAIR; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649191111     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-007-0312-6     Document Type: Article

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