Protrusion of prosthetic meshes in repair of inguinal hernias

Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Kes, Erik ^a,b,c   Lange, Johan ^a,b   Bonjer, Jaap ^a,b   Stoeckart, Rob ^a,b   Mulder, Paul ^a,b   Snijders, Chris ^a,b   Kleinrensink, Gertjan ^a,b  

^a University Medical Centre Rotterdam ^*

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARLEX; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SIMULATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 1642560958     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00386-6     Document Type: Article

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