Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: An initial institutional experience

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-118

  Varghese, Thomas K ^a   Denham, Daphne W ^a   Dawes, Lillian G ^a   Murayama, Kenric M ^a   Prystowsky, Jay B ^a   Joehl, Raymond J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowel resection; Complication; Dual mesh; Incisional hernia; Laparoscopy; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OPERATION DURATION; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SEROMA; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036068718     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2002.6383     Document Type: Article

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