Effect of mesh type and position on subsequent abdominal operations after incisional hernia repair

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-502

  Snyder, Christopher W ^a   Graham, Laura A ^b   Gray, Stephen H ^a   Vick, Catherine C ^b   Hawn, Mary T ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; SUTURE REMOVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953784604     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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