A comparative analysis between laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair at a tertiary care center

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 888-892

  Davies, Stephen W ^a   Turza, Kristin C ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a   Schirmer, Bruce D ^a   Hallowell, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND HEALING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRGINIA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84864779157     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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