Evaluation of patient's understanding and recall of the consent process after open inguinal hernia repairs

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-10

  Uzzaman, Mohammed M ^a   Sinha, Sidhartha ^a   Shaygi, Behnam ^a   Vitish Sharma, Parveen ^a   Loizides, Sofronis ^a   Myint, Fiona ^a  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Groin; Hernia; Inguinal; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; ELECTIVE OPEN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE INJURY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR; SEPSIS; SWELLING; TELEPHONE; TESTIS DISEASE; URINE RETENTION; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84856212910     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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