Predictors of mesh explantation after incisional hernia repair

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-33

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

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Mesh explantation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISION; INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; VETERAN;

COHORT STUDIES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960186938     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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