Randomized clinical trial comparing lightweight composite mesh with polyester or polypropylene mesh for incisional hernia repair

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1488-1493

  Conze, J ^a   Kingsnorth, A N ^e   Flament, J B ^g   Simmermacher, R ^h   Arlt, G ^b   Langer, C ^c   Schippers, E ^d   Hartley, M ^f   Schumpelick, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Park Klinik Weissensee   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Juliusspital ^*  (Germany)

^e DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARLEX; MERSILENE; POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SKIN BRUISING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT; WOUND INFECTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGLACTIN 910; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 28944434708     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5208     Document Type: Article

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