Sterilized mosquito net versus commercial mesh for hernia repair: An experimental study in goats in Mbarara/Uganda

European Surgical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Wilhelm, T J ^a   Freudenberg, S ^b   Jonas, E ^b   Grobholz, R ^c   Post, S ^a,e   Kyamanywa, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b St Marienkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Mbarara University Teaching Hospital   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Hernia repair; Mesh; Mosquito net

Indexed keywords

NYLON; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GIANT CELL; GOAT; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TEXTILE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOATS; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HERNIA; MATERIALS TESTING; NYLONS; POLYPROPYLENES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548099222     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104402     Document Type: Article

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