Light weight meshes in incisional hernia repair

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 117-123

  Schumpelick, Volker ^a   Klinge, Uwe ^a   Rosch, Raphael ^a   Junge, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Mesh; Polypropylene; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750152834     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.27722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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