Giant mature cyst formation following mesh repair of hernias: An underreported complication?

Hernia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-168

  Ogunbiyi, Samuel O ^a,b   Morris Stiff, G ^a   Sheridan, W G ^a  

^a WEST WALES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Fibrous cyst; Hernia; Mature; Mesh repair

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTS; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 2942656930     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-003-0201-6     Document Type: Article

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