Hernia Infections
Subtitle: Pathophysiology - Diagnosis - Treatment - Prevention
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: October 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780824746124
Subjects: Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery; Postoperative Complications; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Surgical Wound Infection; Surgery; Gastroenterology; Infectious Diseases; Surgery - General; Medical / Sports Medicine; Pathophysiology; Hernia
First sentence: As shown by Dr. Sanchez Montes in her chapter on statistics and incidence, the reported infection rate approximates 4% for elective inguinal and 10% for ventral herniorrhaphy; thus the goal of infection-free surgery remains elusive.