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Trends in emergent hernia repair in the United States.
JAMA Surg
March 2015
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill4Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill5School.
Importance: Abdominal wall hernia is one of the most common conditions encountered by general surgeons. Rising rates of abdominal wall hernia repair have been described; however, population-based evidence concerning incidence rates of emergent hernia repair and changes with time are unknown.
Objective: To examine trends in rates of emergent abdominal hernia repair within the United States for inguinal, femoral, ventral, and umbilical hernias from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2010.