Repair of midline incisional hernias using polypropylene grafts

Surgery Today

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Türkçapar, Ahmet Gökhan ^a,b   Yerdel, Mehmet Ali ^a   Aydinuraz, Kuzey ^a   Bayar, Sancar ^a   Kuterdem, Ercüment ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hernia; Incisional; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MALE; POLYPROPYLENE GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031941603     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02483609     Document Type: Article

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