Laparoscopic Repair Reduces Incidence of Surgical Site Infections for All Ventral Hernias

BACKGROUND: The role of laparoscopic repair of ventral hernias remains incompletely defined. We hypothesize that laparoscopy, compared to open repair with mesh, decreases surgical site infection (SSI) for all ventral hernia types. METHODS: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were reviewed to ide...

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Published in:Surg Endosc
Main Authors: Arita, Nestor A., Nguyen, Mylan T., Nguyen, Duyen H., Berger, Rachel L., Lew, Debbie F., Suliburk, James T., Askenasy, Erik P., Kao, Lillian S., Liang, Mike K.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4390429/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25294541
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-014-3859-1
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