Laparoscopic vs open ventral hernia repair in the era of obesity

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 723-726

  Lee, Justin ^a   Mabardy, Allan ^a   Kermani, Reza ^a   Lopez, Marvin ^b   Pecquex, Nicole ^a   McCluney, Anthony ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Jordan Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ICD-9; INCOME; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883000418     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1395     Document Type: Conference Paper

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