Small bowel obstruction by mesh migration after umbilical hernia repair

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-60

  Di Muria, Antonio ^a   Formisano, Vincenzo ^a   Di Carlo, Filippo ^a   Aveta, Achille ^a   Giglio, Domenico ^a  

^a Ospedale S Giovanni Bosco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mesh migration; Small bowel obstruction; Umbilical hernia repair

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; IMPLANTATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547431614     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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