Modified hernia grading scale to stratify surgical site occurrence after open ventral hernia repairs

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 787-793

  Kanters, Arielle E ^a   Krpata, David M ^a   Blatnik, Jeffrey A ^a   Novitsky, Yuri M ^a   Rosen, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE OCCURRENCE; VENTRAL HERNIA WORKING GROUP GRADING SCALE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84869493628     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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