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Prevalence of Obesity in Inguinal Hernia Repair Patients in a Tertiary Care Center

INTRODUCTION: Inguinal hernia is a common surgical problem, with a lifetime risk of 27% in men and 3% in women. Its cumulative incidence is 17.2% and 12.3% in body mass index of <25 kg/m(2) and 25-30 kg/m(2) respectively. Obesity had been regarded as the risk factor for the development of an ingu...

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Autores principales: Shrestha, Sundar, Upadhyay, Pramod Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8959241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34506465
http://dx.doi.org/10.31729/jnma.5636