Wound drains after incisional hernia repair

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan ^a   Allen, Victoria B ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND INFECTION; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; EQUIPMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MESH; WOUND HEALING;

DRAINAGE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84897368198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005570.pub4     Document Type: Review

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