Long-term results of a randomized controlled trial of a nonoperative strategy (watchful waiting) for men with minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 508-514

  Fitzgibbons Jr , Robert J ^a   Ramanan, Bala ^a   Arya, Shipra ^a   Turner, Scott A ^a   Li, Xue ^b   Gibbs, James O ^a   Reda, Domenic J ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hernia accident; Inguinal hernia; Minimally symptomatic; Randomized controlled trial; Watchful waiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; WATCHFUL WAITING; FUNDING; HERNIA; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884518614     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a19725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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