Midline Abdominal Wall Closure: A New Prophylactic Mesh Concept

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 490-497

  Bellón, Juan M ^a   López Hervás, Pedro ^a   Rodríguez, Marta ^a   García Honduvilla, Natalio ^a   Pascual, Gemma ^a   Buján, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCISION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT; SCAR; STANDARD; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748806301     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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