Mortality following emergency groin hernia surgery in Denmark

Hernia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-355

  Kjaergaard, J ^a,b   Bay Nielsen, M ^a   Kehlet, H ^c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet ^*  (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Emergency; Hernia; Mortality; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMORAL HERNIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE RESECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; THERAPY DELAY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 77956878295     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-010-0657-0     Document Type: Article

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