Laparoscopic versus open ventral hernia repair: A randomized controlled trial

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 903-906

  Pring, Chris M ^a,b   Tran, Viet ^a   O'Rourke, Nick ^a   Martin, Ian J ^a  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hernia recurrence; Laparoscopy; Polytetrafluoroethylene mesh; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 53549134672     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04689.x     Document Type: Article

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