Self-reported adverse events after groin hernia repair, a study based on a national register

Value in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-932

  Fränneby, Ulf ^a   Sandblom, Gabriel ^b   Nyrén, Olof ^c   Nordin, Pär ^d   Gunnarsson, Ulf ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Department of Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groin hernia; Postoperative complications; Questionnaire study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCROTAL PAIN; SELF REPORT; THROMBOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 52649129840     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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