Controversies in laparoscopic repair of incisional hernia

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-11

  Sarela, Abeezar I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite mesh; Dual sided mesh; Intra peritoneal onlay mesh; Ventral hernia repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744523535     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.25670     Document Type: Conference Paper

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