Seroma in ventral incisional herniorrhaphy: incidence, predictors and outcome

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^a,b,c   Hur, Kwan ^d   Hirter, Angie ^d   Kim, Lawrence T ^e,f   Thomas, Anthony ^g,h   Berger, David H ^i,j   Reda, Domenic ^d   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,k,l  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Hines VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

^e CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Postoperative wound infection; Seroma; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROMA; VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIORRHAPHY;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 71749103310     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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