Outcomes after emergency versus elective ventral hernia repair: A prospective nationwide study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2273-2279

  Helgstrand, Frederik ^a,b   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a,b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b   Bisgaard, Thue ^a,b  

^a Danish Inguinal Hernia Database   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REOPERATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84883557971     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2123-5     Document Type: Article

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