Laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair: updated guidelines from the EAES and EHS endorsed Consensus Development Conference

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2463-2484

  Silecchia, Gianfranco ^a   Campanile, Fabio Cesare ^b   Sanchez, Luis ^c   Ceccarelli, Graziano ^d   Antinori, Armando ^e   Ansaloni, Luca ^f   Olmi, Stefano ^g   Ferrari, Giovanni Carlo ^h   Cuccurullo, Diego ⁱ   Baccari, Paolo ^j   Agresta, Ferdinando ^k   Vettoretto, Nereo ^l   Piccoli, Micaela ^m  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Surgery   (Italy)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Spoleto   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Division of General and Oncologic Surgery   (Italy)

^h OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

ⁱ MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k ULSS19 del Veneto ^*  (Italy)

^l Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust   (Italy)

^m Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Abdominal; Bariatric; Clinical papers; Clinical research; Clinical trials; Hernia; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARASTOMAL HERNIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND INFECTION; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; STANDARDS;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84939573615     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-015-4293-8     Document Type: Article

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