Midline versus transverse incision in major abdominal surgery: A randomized, double-blind equivalence trial (POVATI: ISRCTN60734227)

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 913-920

  Seiler, Christoph M ^a   Deckert, Andreas ^a   Diener, Markus K ^a   Knaebel, Hanns Peter ^a   Weigand, Markus A ^a   Victor, Norbert ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; PIRITRAMIDE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURING METHOD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PIRINITRAMIDE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67649216247     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181a77c92     Document Type: Article

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