Prosthetic Material in Inguinal Hernia Repair: How Do I Choose?

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-201

  Earle, David B ^a   Mark, Lisa A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CLINICAL STUDY; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INGUINAL HERNIA; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MATERIAL COATING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POROSITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STRENGTH; SURGEON; SYMPTOM;

DECISION MAKING; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 38949123129     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.11.002     Document Type: Review

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