The Pfannenstiel or so called "bikini cut": Still effective more than 100 years after first description

Hernia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-181

  Kisielinski, Kai ^a   Conze, J ^a   Murken, A H ^b   Lenzen, N N ^a   Klinge, U ^a   Schumpelick, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Incisional hernia; Laparotomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Pfannenstiel incision

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ESTHETICS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NERVE INJURY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 4444243430     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-004-0210-0     Document Type: Article

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