The outcomes of nonabsorbable mesh placed within the abdominal cavity: Literature review and clinical experience

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 352-367

  Morris Stiff, Gareth J ^a   Hughes, Leslie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DACRON; MARLEX; MERSILENE; POLITEF; POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIALS; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM PROLAPSE; REVIEW; SEROMA; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031893825     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00002-7     Document Type: Review

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