European Hernia Society guidelines on the closure of abdominal wall incisions

Hernia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Muysoms, F E ^a   Antoniou, S A ^b,c   Bury, K ^d   Campanelli, G ^e   Conze, J ^f,g   Cuccurullo, D ^h   de Beaux, A C ⁱ   Deerenberg, E B ^j   East, B ^k   Fortelny, R H ^l   Gillion, J F ^m   Henriksen, N A ⁿ   Israelsson, L ^o   Jairam, A ^j   Janes A ^p   Jeekel, J ^j   Lopez Cano M ^q   Miserez, M ^r   Morales Conde, S ^s   Sanders, D L ^t   Simons, M P ^u   Smietanski M ^v   Venclauskas, L ^w   Berrevoet, F ^x   more..

^a AZ Maria Middelares ^*  (Belgium)

^b Neuwerk Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f Hernia Centre Munich   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^h MONALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^l WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^m Hôpital Privé d'Antony   (France)

ⁿ BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^o UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^q HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^s HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^t DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^u ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^v Ceynowa Hospital in Wejherowo   (Poland)

^w LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^x GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Abdominal wall closure; Guidelines; Incisional hernia; Laparoscopy; Laparotomy; Prevention; Prophylactic mesh

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGERY; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; ADULT; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 84991389289     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-014-1342-5     Document Type: Review

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