Optimum repair for massive ventral hernias in the morbidly obese patientis panniculectomy helpful?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 396-400

  Harth, Karem C ^a   Blatnik, Jeffrey A ^a   Rosen, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex hernia; Obesity; Panniculectomy; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORBIDITY; PANNICULECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; OHIO; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79952121982     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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