The Use of Mesh in Emergent Ventral Hernia Repair: Effects on Early Patient Morbidity and Mortality

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1899-1903

  Haskins, Ivy N ^a   Amdur, Richard L ^a   Lin, Paul P ^a   Vaziri, Khashayar ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency; Mesh; NSQIP; Ventral hernia repair; Wound class

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; EMERGENCY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MESH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84979561731     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-016-3207-y     Document Type: Article

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