Prospective, long-term comparison of quality of life in laparoscopic versus open ventral hernia repair.

Annals of surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Colavita, Paul D ^a   Tsirline, Victor B ^b   Belyansky, Igor ^b   Walters, Amanda L ^b   Lincourt, Amy E ^b   Sing, Ronald F ^b   Heniford, B Todd ^b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871960051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e3182734130     Document Type: Article

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