Cardiac tamponade as a life-threatening complication in hernia repair

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-135

  Frantzides, Constantine T ^a,b   Welle, Scott N ^a  

^a Chicago Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; HEART INJURY; HEART TAMPONADE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPLER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; CARDIAC TAMPONADE; FATAL OUTCOME; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL MESH; SURVIVAL RATE; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862885287     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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