Incisional hernia repair: Tensiometry for the selection of the appropriate procedure

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 167, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 903-908

  Reingruber, Bertram ^a   Kastl, Sigrid ^a   Stremmel, Christian ^a   Klein, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cicatrix; Inlay onlay; Laparotomy; Mesh; Polypropylene; Recurrence; Surgery; Tension; Ventral

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SURFACE TENSION MEASUREMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; TENSION; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035702326     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241501753361587     Document Type: Article

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