Comparative effectiveness of dynamic abdominal Sonography for hernia vs computed tomography in the diagnosis of incisional hernia

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-453

  Beck, William C ^a   Holzman, Michael D ^a   Sharp, Kenneth W ^a   Nealon, William H ^a   Dupont, William D ^a   Poulose, Benjamin K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DYNAMIC ABDOMINAL SONOGRAPHY FOR HERNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873989342     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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