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Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in patients with obesity: should we be scared of body mass index?
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor for ventral hernia development and affects up to 60% of patients undergoing ventral hernia repair. It is also associated with a higher rate of surgical site occurrences and an increased risk of recurrence after ventral hernia repair, but data is lacking on the di...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8847270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33948716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-021-08489-9 |