Assessment of 126,913 inguinal hernia repairs in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy: Analysis of 10 years

Hernia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 261-267

  Ansaloni, L ^a   Coccolini, F ^a   Fortuna, D ^d   Catena, F ^b   Di Saverio, S ^c   Belotti, L M B ^d   Melotti, R M ^d  

^a PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Regional Agency for Health and Social Care   (Italy)

Author keywords

Administrative database; Day surgery; Guideline; Hernia; Indication; Prosthesis; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898596813     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-013-1091-x     Document Type: Article

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