Minimal adhesions to ePTFE mesh after laparoscopic ventral incisional hernia repair: Reoperative findings in 65 cases

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 625-630

  Koehler, Richard H ^a   Begos, D ^b   Berger, D ^c   Carey, S ^d   LeBlanc, K ^e   Park, A ^f   Ramshaw, B ^g   Smoot, R ^h   Voellers, G ^h  

^a Martha's Vineyard Hospital   (United States)

^b Lawrence General Hospital   (United States)

^c Stadt Klinik   (Germany)

^d Nanticoke Surgical   (United States)

^e Surgical Specialty Group Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Laparoscopy; Polytetrafluoroethylene; Ventral incisional hernia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADHESIOLYSIS; ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0041830609     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-41365     Document Type: Article

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