Importance of recurrence rating, morphology, hernial gap size, and risk factors in ventral and incisional hernia classification

Hernia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-30

  Dietz, U A ^a   Winkler, M S ^b   Hartel R W ^c   Fleischhacker, A ^a   Wiegering, A ^a   Isbert, C ^a   Jurowich, Ch ^a   Heuschmann, P ^d   Germer, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Incisional hernia; Postoperative complications; Predictive factors; Risk factors; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANEMIA; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROMA; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84893841879     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-012-0999-x     Document Type: Article

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