Mesh and plug: A solution for the patient or for the surgeon? [1]

Hernia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-101

  Valenti, Gabriele ^a   Baldassarre, Emanuele ^a  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; FOREIGN BODY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE INJURY; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 33645077043     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-005-0038-2     Document Type: Letter

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