Influence of mesh materials on the integrity of the vas deferens following Lichtenstein hernioplasty: An experimental model

Hernia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 621-626

  Junge, Karsten ^a,b   Binnebosel M ^a   Rosch, R ^a,b   Ottinger A ^b   Stumpf, M ^a   Muhlenbruch G ^b   Schumpelick, V ^a   Klinge, U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infertility; Inguinal hernia; Mesh; Obstructive azoospermia; Vasography

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; HERNIOPLASTY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERTILITY; INGUINAL HERNIA; LICHTENSTEIN HERNIOPLASTY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPERMATIC CORD; SPERMATOGENESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; AZOOSPERMIA; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HERNIA, INGUINAL; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RABBITS; SURGICAL MESH; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 57049099137     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0400-2     Document Type: Article

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