The Use of Prosthetics in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 181-197

  Grevious, Mark A ^a,b   Cohen, Mimis ^a,b   Jean Pierre, Fritz ^c   Herrmann, Glenn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FISTULA; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PAIN; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 33646084603     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2005.12.002     Document Type: Review

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