Commercial mesh versus Nylon mosquito net for hernia repair. A randomized double-blind study in Burkina Faso

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1784-1789

  Freudenberg, Sebastian ^a   Sano, Daman ^b   Ouangré, Edgar ^b   Weiss, Christel ^c   Wilhelm, Torsten J ^c  

^a St Marienkrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; NYLONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749019683     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0108-3     Document Type: Article

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