Comparison of ultrasonography with computed tomography in the diagnosis of incisional hernias

Hernia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-48

  den Hartog, D ^a   Dur, A H M ^a   Kamphuis, A G A ^a   Tuinebreijer, W E ^a   Kreis, R W ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endosonography; Ventral hernia; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LERICHE SYNDROME; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59849110623     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0420-y     Document Type: Article

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