Is there a risk of infertility after inguinal mesh repair? Experimental studies in the pig and the rabbit

Hernia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-12

  Peiper, Christian ^a   Junge, Karsten ^b   Klinge, Uwe ^b   Strehlau, Eva ^b   Ottinger A ^c   Schumpelick, Volker ^b  

^a EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Foreign body reaction; Inguinal mesh repair; Spermatic cord; Spermatogenesis; Testicular perfusion

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATIC VEIN; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SWINE; TESTIS SIZE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33645094629     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-005-0055-1     Document Type: Article

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