Results of Laparoscopic Repair of Abdominal Wall Hernias Using an ePTFE-Polypropylene Composite Mesh;Ergebnisse der Laparoskopischen Versorgung von Bauchwandhernien mit einem PTFE-Polypropylen-Komposite-Netz

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 92-95

  Gal, Istvan ^a,b   Balint, A ^a   Szabo, L ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Hungary)

^b Department of Surgery   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall hernia; Composite mesh; Laparoscopy; Results

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILEUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA;

ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 1942439851     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-816283     Document Type: Article

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