Nationwide analysis of prolonged hospital stay and readmission after elective ventral hernia repair

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4-

  Helgstrand, Frederik ^a,d   Rosenberg, Jacob ^b,d   Kehlet, Henrik ^c,d   Bisgaard, Thue ^a,d  

^a KØGE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d The Danish Ventral Hernia Database   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80053579983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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