Long-term recurrence and chronic pain after repair for small umbilical or epigastric hernias: A regional cohort study

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 725-732

  Christoffersen, Mette W ^a   Helgstrand, Frederik ^a,b   Rosenberg, Jacob ^a,b   Kehlet, Henrik ^a,b   Strandfelt, Pernille ^a   Bisgaard, Thue ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Inguinal Hernia Database   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Mesh repair; Primary ventral hernia repair; Recurrence; Sutured repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURING METHOD; UMBILICAL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925270584     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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