"Hernia, Ventral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A hernia caused by weakness of the anterior ABDOMINAL WALL due to midline defects, previous incisions, or increased intra-abdominal pressure. Ventral hernias include UMBILICAL HERNIA, incisional, epigastric, and spigelian hernias.
Descriptor ID |
D006555
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MeSH Number(s) |
C23.300.707.374.937
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Concept/Terms |
Hernia, Ventral- Hernia, Ventral
- Hernias, Ventral
- Ventral Hernias
- Ventral Hernia
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2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hernia, Ventral" by people in Profiles.
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Shah UD, Haddad AJ, Kamangar F, Kowdley GC, Cunningham SC. SILC: significantly inferior laparoscopic cholecystectomy? J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Oct; 217(4):754-5.
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Van Sickle KR, Nanda Kumar HR, Parikh A, Ayon AA, Cohn SM. Development of an animal model to investigate optimal laparoscopic trocar site fascial closure. J Surg Res. 2013 Sep; 184(1):126-31.
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Meneshian A, Brooke B, Cornwell EE, Haut ER. Retroperitoneal gunshot wound hernia: an unusual cause of early postoperative small bowel obstruction after laparotomy for trauma. J Trauma. 2008 Jan; 64(1):213-4.