Incisional hernia after elective midline caesarean section: Incidence and risk factors

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 214-217

  Salayta, Wasfi M ^a   Dahamsheh, Hasan Al ^a  

^a Prince Hashem Ben Al Hussein Hospital   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Hernia; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELLULITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE MIDLINE CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PARITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 80055070895     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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