Ventralex mesh in umbilical/epigastric hernia repairs: Clinical outcomes and complications

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-383

  Martin, D F ^a   Williams, R F ^a   Mulrooney, T ^a   Voeller, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite patch; Epigastric hernia; Meshrepair; Umbilical hernia; Ventral hernia; Ventralex

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449099922     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0351-7     Document Type: Article

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