Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair with a self-centring suture

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1549-1553

  Motson, R W ^a   Engledow, A H ^a   Medhurst, C ^a   Adib, R ^a   Warren, S J ^a  

^a O and G   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845425967     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5485     Document Type: Article

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