A new tension-free technique for the repair of umbilical hernia, using the Prolene Hernia System - Early results from 48 cases

Hernia

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 178-180

  Perrakis, E ^a   Velimezis, G ^a   Vezakis, A ^a   Antoniades, J ^a   Savanis, G ^a   Patrikakos, V ^a  

^a Western Attica General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Prolene Hernia System; Tension free repair; Umbilical hernia

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEROMA; STANDARD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344253714     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-003-0132-2     Document Type: Article

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