Safety of laparoscopic and open approaches for repair of the unilateral primary inguinal hernia: An analysis of short-term outcomes

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-201

  Saleh, Fady ^a,b   Okrainec, Allan ^a,b   D'Souza, Neil ^b   Kwong, Josephine ^b   Jackson, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACS NSQIP; Inguinal hernia repair; Laparoscopy; Patient safety; Surgical outcomes

Indexed keywords

ACS NSQIP; INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL OUTCOMES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905030596     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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