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ArticleClinical case reports2019

Incisional hernia repair with plication and utilization of Botox injections: First case report from Saudi Arabia for a 19-year-old female.

Talal Hijji, Abdullah AlShammari, Alanoud AlHammad, Ghadah AlKhalefah, Fuad Hashem, Salha Almomen, Mohammad Aburahmah

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Talal HijjiCollege of Medicine Alfaisal University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlShammariCollege of Medicine Alfaisal University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4889-2605
Alanoud AlHammadKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Ghadah AlKhalefahKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Fuad HashemKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Salha AlmomenKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad AburahmahCollege of Medicine Alfaisal University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAAlfaisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article reports on the use of Botox preoperatively for the treatment of a complex ventral hernia which would have typically been treated with component separation technique. The case demonstrates that using the recently developed technique can aid in performing a tension-free hernia repair with potentially lower complication and recurrence rates.

Indexed as

abdominal wall defectsBotox injectionsurgical hernia repairventral hernia

Identifiers

PMID30847196
PMCPMC6389482
OpenAlexW2909323140

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