"Components separation technique" for the repair of large abdominal wall hernias

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-37

  De Vries Reilingh, Tammo S ^a   Van Goor, Harry ^a   Rosman, Camiel ^c   Bemelmans, Marc H A ^d   De Jong, Dick ^b   Van Nieuwenhoven, Ernst Jan ^a   Van Engeland, Marina I A ^b   Bleichrodt, Robert P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Atrium Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEROMA; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037227390     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(02)01478-3     Document Type: Article

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