Abdominal lipectomy and mesh repair of midline periumbilical hernia after bariatric surgery: How to spare the umbilicus

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1189-1192

  Iannelli, Antonio ^a   Bafghi, Abdi ^b   Negri, Chiara ^b   Gugenheim, J ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal lipectomy; Bariatric surgery; Hernia repair; Mesh prosthesis; Midline incisional hernia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; LIPECTOMY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERIUMBILICAL HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROMUSCULAR MESH REPAIR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UMBILICUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; SURGICAL MESH; UMBILICUS;

EID: 38549146935     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9201-4     Document Type: Article

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