Surgical repair of umbilical hernias in cirrhosis with ascites

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 341, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 222-226

  Triantos, Christos K ^a   Kehagias, Ioannis ^a   Nikolopoulou, Vasiliki ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b The Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Surgery; Umbilical hernia

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSCESS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARACENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

EID: 79952071455     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181f31932     Document Type: Review

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