Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: Pros and cons compared With open hernia repair

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-125

  Misiakos, Evangelos P ^a   Machairas, Anastasios ^a   Patapis, Paul ^a   Liakakos, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hernia; Incisional; Laparoscopy; Open; Ventral

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE;

HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES;

EID: 50049084762     PISSN: 10868089     EISSN: 19383797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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