Up and down or side to side? A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the impact of incision on outcomes after abdominal surgery

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-409

  Bickenbach, Kai A ^a   Karanicolas, Paul J ^b   Ammori, John B ^b   Jayaraman, Shiva ^b   Winter, Jordan M ^b   Fields, Ryan C ^b   Govindarajan, Anand ^b   Nir, Itzhak ^b   Rocha, Flavio G ^b   Brennan, Murray F ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemia; Incision; Meta analysis; Midline incision; Paramedian incision; Transverse incision

Indexed keywords

KETOBEMIDONE; MORPHINE; PETHIDINE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTRECTOMY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HERNIA; HUMAN; INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84882853117     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.11.008     Document Type: Review

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