Incidence and risk factors for the development of incisional hernia following elective laparoscopic versus open colon resections

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-269

  Llaguna, Omar H ^a   Avgerinos, Dimitrios V ^a   Lugo, Joanelle Z ^a   Matatov, Timothy ^a   Abbadessa, Benjamin ^a   Martz, Joseph E ^a   Leitman, I Michael ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Complication; Incisional hernia; Laparoscopic colectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLON RESECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77955510301     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.044     Document Type: Article

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