Lightweight partially absorbable monofilament mesh (polypropylene/ poliglecaprone 25) for TAPP inguinal hernia repair: Initial experience

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-94

  Agresta, Ferdinando ^a   Baldazzi, Gian Andrea ^b   Ciardo, Luigi Francesco ^a   Trentin, Giuseppe ^a   Giuseppe, Sansonetti ^b   Ferrante, Furio ^b   Bedin, Natalino ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Chronic pain; Inguinal hernia; Lightweight mesh; Sealant; TAPP repair

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; ENBUCRILATE; FIBRIN GLUE; POLIGLECAPRONE 25; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RELAPSE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL HERNIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIOXANES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247485508     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31803c9b7f     Document Type: Article

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