Three-year follow-up of modified Lichtenstein inguinal hernioplasty using lightweight poliglecaprone/polypropylene mesh

Hernia

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-242

  Smietanski M ^a   Bigda, J ^a   Zaborowski, K ^a   Worek, M ^a   Sledzinski Z ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Composite mesh; Inguinal hernia; Lichtenstein hernioplasty; Lightweight mesh; Pain; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLIGLECAPRONE; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LICHTENSTEIN INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DIOXANES; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849101362     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-008-0465-y     Document Type: Article

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