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The effect of increasing body mass index on wound complications in open ventral hernia repair with mesh

Luciano Tastaldi, David M. Krpata, Ajita S. Prabhu, Clayton C. Petro, Steven Rosenblatt, Ivy N. Haskins, Molly A. Olson, Thomas G. Stewart, Michael J. Rosen, Jacob A. Greenberg

The American Journal of Surgery · 2019 · 55 citations · 23 references

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Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, 2011-2012

Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret D. Carroll, Brian K. Kit et al. · JAMA · 2014 · 8.1K citations · Full text

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Epidemiology and cost of ventral hernia repair: making the case for hernia research

Benjamin K. Poulose, Julia Shelton, Sharon Phillips et al. · Hernia · 2011 · 900 citations

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Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernias

B. Todd Heniford, Adrian Park, Bruce Ramshaw et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2003 · 804 citations · Full text

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Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 2007-2012

Lin Yang, Graham A. Colditz · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2015 · 283 citations · Full text

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Obesity is a risk factor for recurrence after incisional hernia repair

Stefan Sauerland, Michael Korenkov, T. Kleinen et al. · Hernia · 2004 · 279 citations

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