Obesity increases the odds of acquiring and incarcerating noninguinal abdominal wall hernias

American Surgeon

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1118-1121

  Lau, Briana ^a   Kim, Hanjoo ^a   Haigh, Philip I ^a   Tejirian, Talar ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERNIA INCARCERATION; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIGELIAN HERNIA; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866750351     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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