Elective midline laparotomy closure: The INLINE systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 843-856

  Diener, Markus K ^a,b   Voss, Sabine ^b   Jensen, Katrin ^a,b   Büchler, Markus W ^a,b   Seiler, Christoph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Study Centre of the German Surgical Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FASCIA; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PUBLICATION BIAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77951667104     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181d973e4     Document Type: Article

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