Reoperation versus clinical recurrence rate after ventral hernia repair

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 955-958

  Helgstrand, Frederik ^a   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a   Kehlet, Henrik ^a   Strandfelt, Pernille ^a   Bisgaard, Thue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

incisional hernia; recurrence; reoperation; umbilical hernia; ventral Hernia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870059170     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318254f5b9     Document Type: Article

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