Open AccessComparison of Laparoscopic and Open Repair With Mesh for the Treatment of Ventral Incisional Hernia
Author(s) -
Kamal M.F. Itani,
Kwan Hur,
Lawrence T. Kim,
Thomas Anthony,
David H. Berger,
Domenic J. Reda,
Leigh Neumayer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2010.18
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , incisional hernia , odds ratio , laparoscopy , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , visual analogue scale , hazard ratio , hernia , body mass index
Laparoscopic repair of ventral incisional hernias has not been proved to be safer than open mesh repair.
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