Comparison of laparoscopic and open repair with mesh for the treatment of ventral incisional hernia: A randomized trial

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-328

  Itani, Kamal M F ^a   Hur, Kwan ^b   Kim, Lawrence T ^c   Anthony, Thomas ^d   Berger, David H ^e   Reda, Domenic ^b   Neumayer, Leigh ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center   (United States)

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

^d SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIOPLASTY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN MESH HERNIOPLASTY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SEROMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951437009     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.18     Document Type: Article

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