Inguinal hernia repair in the anticoagulated patient: A retrospective analysis

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 589-592

  Sanders, D L ^a   Shahid, M K ^a   Ahlijah, Bennett ^a   Raitt, James E ^a   Kingsnorth, Andrew N ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Hernia; Inguinal; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMATOMA; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WARFARIN;

EID: 57049111008     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0405-x     Document Type: Article

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