Medium-term follow-up confirms the safety and durability of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with PTFE

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-603

  Eid, George M ^b   Prince, Jose M ^b   Mattar, Samer G ^b   Hamad, Giselle ^b   Ikrammudin, Sayeed ^b   Schauer, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE INJURY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIVES STOPPA TECHNIQUE; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242550915     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00283-6     Document Type: Article

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