Successful repair of symptomatic extremity muscle herniation with synthetic mesh

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gilardino, Miroslav S ^a   Loftus, Jon B ^b   Brutus, Jean Paul ^c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ARM; EXTREMITY MUSCLE HERNIATION; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; LEG; LETTER; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EXTREMITIES; HERNIA; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 60549115594     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31819056e9     Document Type: Letter

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