title: Management of complicated umbilical hernias in patients with end-stage liver disease and refractory ascites.
authors.affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, TX 77054, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Fagan
authors.forename: Samir S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D005734:Gangrene / Q000473:pathology; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019168:Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000601:surgery; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome