Long-term pain and recurrence after repair of ventral incisional hernias by open mesh: Clinical and MRI study

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 389, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 366-370

  Paajanen, Hannu ^a   Hermunen, Heikki ^a  

^a MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesh; Surgical results; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYPROPYLENES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8744262653     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-003-0440-0     Document Type: Article

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