Do we follow evidence-based medicine recommendations during inguinal hernia surgery? results of a survey covering 2441 hernia repairs in 2007

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2050-2055

  Bernhardt, Gerwin A ^a   Kornprat, Peter ^a   Cerwenka, Herwig ^a   El Shabrawi, Azab ^a   Mischinger, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349327719     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0127-y     Document Type: Article

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