Commercial mesh vs. nylon mosquito net for hernia repair [2]

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 859-

  Kingsnorth, Andrew ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; MARLEX; NYLON; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

BED NET; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HERNIOPLASTY; HONG KONG; IMPLANT; INDIA; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELTING POINT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURKINA FASO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; NYLONS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947641985     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-006-0894-7     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Stock FE. Repair of large herniae with nylon mesh. Lancet 1954;i:395-396.
2. Tongaonkar RR, Reddy BV, Mehta VK, Singh NS, Shivade S. Preliminary multicentric trial of cheap indigenous mosquito-net cloth for tension-free hernia repair. Ind J Surg 2003;65:89-95.
3. Kingsnorth AN, Oppong C, Akoh J, Stephenson B, Simmermacher R. Operation Hernia to Ghana Hernia 2006;10:376-379.