Mesh inguinal herniorrhaphy: A ten-year review

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1065-1071

  Janu, Peter G ^a   Sellers, Kenneth D ^a   Mangiante, Eugene C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030778463     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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