Late abscess formation following indirect hernia repair utilizing silk suture

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-352

  Calkins, Casey M ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^b   Balcom, Anthony ^a   Murphy, Patrick J ^b  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Child; Complication; Inguinal hernia; Silk suture

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HERNIOPLASTY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL HERNIA; LIGATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATENT PROCESSUS VAGINALIS; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SURGEON; SUTURE;

ABSCESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTECTOMY; DRAINAGE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; PELVIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILK; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947502424     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-007-1894-x     Document Type: Article

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