Laparoscopic repair of ventral / incisional hernias

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 192-198

  Chowbey, Pradeep K ^a   Sharma, Anil ^a   Mehrotra, Magan ^a   Khullar, Rajesh ^a   Soni, Vandana ^a   Baijal, Manish ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750164201     PISSN: 09729941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.27737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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