Comparing laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair in octogenarians
| Autor: | W. B. Hooks, William W. Hope, L. Bools, A. Menon, C. M. Scott, A. Adams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hernia Inguinal Medicine Humans Hernia Laparoscopy Herniorrhaphy Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Significant difference Age Factors Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Surgery Open group Exact test Inguinal hernia Treatment Outcome Female business Abdominal surgery Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery. 17(6) |
| ISSN: | 1248-9204 |
| Popis: | To compare outcomes of laparoscopic and open inguinal hernia repair in elderly patients. We retrospectively reviewed patients ≥80 years old undergoing laparoscopic or open inguinal hernia repair from October 2006 to July 2009 at our medical center. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and outcomes were compared using Fisher’s exact test, Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and Student’s t test; a p value |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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