Quality of life following component separation versus standard open ventral hernia repair for large hernias

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 147-154

  Klima, David A ^a   Tsirline, Victor B ^a   Belyansky, Igor ^a   Dacey, Kristian T ^a   Lincourt, Amy E ^a   Kercher, Kent W ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolinas Comfort Score; component separation; incisional hernia repair; mesh; outcomes; quality of life; recurrence; ventral hernia repair

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROLINA COMFORT SCALE SCORING SYSTEM; COMPONENT SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROMA; STANDARD; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899049616     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: 15533514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350613495113     Document Type: Article

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