Female sex as independent risk factor for chronic pain following elective incisional hernia repair:...
Female sex as independent risk factor for chronic pain following elective incisional hernia repair: registry-based, propensity score-matched comparison
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Köckerling, F. , Hoffmann, H. , Adolf, D. , D.Weyhe , Reinpold, W. , Koch, A. and Kirchhoff, P.
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Paris: Springer Paris
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English
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Paris: Springer Paris
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Introduction
To date, little attention has been paid by surgical scientific studies to sex as a potential influence factor on the outcome. Therefore, there is a sex bias in the surgical literature. With an incidence of more than 20% after 3 years, incisional hernias are a common complication following abdominal surgical procedures. The proportio...
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Female sex as independent risk factor for chronic pain following elective incisional hernia repair: registry-based, propensity score-matched comparison
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7210249
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7210249
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1265-4906
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1248-9204
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10.1007/s10029-019-02089-2
