Prospective Clinical Trial of Factors Predicting the Early Development of Incisional Hernia after Midline Laparotomy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-219

  Veljkovic, Radovan ^a   Protic, Mladjan ^a   Gluhovic, Aleksandar ^a   Potic, Zoran ^b   Milosevic, Zoran ^a   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^c,d  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF VOJVODINA   (Serbia)

^b Potic Consulting   (Serbia)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849090021     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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