The management of incisional hernia

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Kingsnorth, Andrew ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Incisional hernia; Repair

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; PROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL WALL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646583006     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X106324     Document Type: Review

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