Pregnancy as a tissue expander in the repair of a massive ventral hernia

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 431-433

  Elwood, E T ^a   Ingram, W L ^a   Carlson, G W ^a  

^a NE Building B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0033810210     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200045040-00014     Document Type: Article

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