Prevalence and risk factors for abdominal wall hernia in the general Russian population.
Alexander Vyacheslavovich SazhinIgor Anatolievich ZolotukhinE SeliverstovA NikishkovY ShevtsovA AndriyashkinA TatarintsevA I KirienkoPublished in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2019)
This study is the first to demonstrate prevalence of abdominal wall hernias and its risk factors in Russia. The results confirm that hernias are common in a general population pointing the need for improvement of surgical activity.
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