Outcomes of emergent incisional hernia repair

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 971-976

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

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INCARCERATION; INTESTINE RESECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052065136     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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