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Risk Factors for Incarceration in Patients with Primary Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias: A Pro...

Risk Factors for Incarceration in Patients with Primary Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias: A Pro...

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Risk Factors for Incarceration in Patients with Primary Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias: A Prospective Study in 4472 Patients

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Full title

Risk Factors for Incarceration in Patients with Primary Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias: A Prospective Study in 4472 Patients

Publisher

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Journal title

World journal of surgery, 2019-08, Vol.43 (8), p.1906-1913

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Contents

Background
Incarceration of primary and incisional hernias often results in emergency surgery. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation of defect size and location with incarceration. Secondary objectives comprised identification of additional patient factors associated with an incarcerated hernia.
Methods
A registry-based...

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Full title

Risk Factors for Incarceration in Patients with Primary Abdominal Wall and Incisional Hernias: A Prospective Study in 4472 Patients

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2209610858

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2209610858

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ISSN

0364-2313

E-ISSN

1432-2323

DOI

10.1007/s00268-019-04989-x

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