Abdominal wall hernia mesh repair: Sonography of mesh and common complications

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 907-917

  Jamadar, David A ^a   Jacobson, Jon A ^a   Girish, Gandikota ^a   Balin, Jefferson ^a   Brandon, Catherine J ^a   Caoili, Elaine M ^a   Morag, Yoav ^a   Franz, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall hernia; Mesh repair; Sonography

Indexed keywords

MESH GENERATION; REPAIR; SURGERY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; IN-VITRO; MESH REPAIR; SONOGRAPHIC; SONOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE; SURGICAL REPAIR; TEACHING FILES;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; HEMATOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEROMA; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 46249094455     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.6.907     Document Type: Article

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