Mesh plug migration into scrotum: A new complication of hernia repair

International Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-59

  Dieter Jr , Raymond A ^a  

^a Northern Illinois Surgicenter   (United States)

Author keywords

Hernia repair; Mesh plug migration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SCROTUM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SCROTUM; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 0032610384     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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