Adhesion formation after incisional hernia repair: A randomized porcine trial

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 935-938

  Cristoforoni, Paolo M ^a   Kim, Young B ^a   Preys, Zoya ^a   Lay, Rosemary Y ^a   Montz, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; SUTURE; SWINE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HERNIA; MALE; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES; SWINE;

EID: 0029964772     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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