[Ventral hernia associated with morbid obesity--when is surgery indicated?].
The authors refer results of surgical treatment of incarcerated ventral hernias in patients with morbid obesity. In the 3rd Department of Surgery of the Comenius University Medical Faculty in Bratislava, 4 obese patients (BMI over 40) were operated for incarcerated ventral hernias in 2007. Based on a follow up analysis, the authors recommend a proactive approach to elective surgical therapy.
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III. Chirurgická klinika, FNsP Milorsdní Bratia, Bratislava, Slovenská republika. barbora_vichova@yahoo.com
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid