An unusual presentation of a huge seroma following ventral hernia repair

Surgical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-55

  Dukhno, Oleg ^b   Pinsk, Ilya ^b   Hertzano, Yanco ^a   Levy, Isaac ^b   Ovnat, Amnon ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mesh; Seroma; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEROMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 21644455475     PISSN: 17441625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1633.2005.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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