Shared and Nonshared Familial Susceptibility to Surgically Treated Inguinal Hernia, Femoral Hernia, Incisional Hernia, Epigastric Hernia, and Umbilical Hernia.

Summary, in English

The familial risk of abdominal wall hernia (AWH) is largely unknown. In addition, it is unknown whether inguinal hernia (IH), femoral hernia (FH), incisional hernia (INH), epigastric hernia (EH), and umbilical hernia (UH) share familial susceptibility. The aim of this nationwide study was to determine the familial risks of concordant AWH (same disease in proband and exposed relative) and discordant AWH (different disease in proband and exposed relative).

• Author: Bengt Zöller; Jianguang Ji; Jan Sundquist; Kristina Sundquist
• Department/s: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2013
• Language: English
• Pages: 289-289
• Publication/Series: Journal of the American College of Surgeons
• Volume: 217
• Issue: 2
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23870221?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.04.020
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Surgery
• Status: Published
• Research group: Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology; Family Medicine, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Lifestyle
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1879-1190