Surgical repair of incisional ventral hernias: Tension-free technique using prosthetic materials (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene Gore-Tex Dual Mesh)

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 679-682

  Chrysos, Emmanuel ^a   Athanasakis, Elias ^a   Saridaki, Zenia ^a   Kafetzakis, Alexandros ^a   Dimitriadoü, Dimitra ^a   Koutsoumpas, Vasilios ^a   Chalkiadakis, George ^a   Xynos, Evangelos ^a   Zoras, Odysseas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARACENTESIS; POLITEF IMPLANT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033939449     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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