Commentary: Nationwide analysis of complications related to inguinal hernia surgery in Finland: a 5 year register study of 55,000 operations

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 746-751

  Paajanen, Hannu ^a   Scheinin, Tom ^b   Vironen, Jaana ^b  

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complications; Hernioplasty; Herniorrhaphy; Inguinal; Inguinal neuralgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPENSATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77953677664     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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