Is a circular polypropylene mesh appropriate for application at the esophageal hiatus? Results from an experimental study in a porcine model

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1372-1378

  Müller Stich, Beat P ^a   Mehrabi, Arianeb ^a   Kenngott, Hannes G ^a   Fonouni, Hamidreza ^a   Reiter, Michael A ^a   Kuttymoratov, Gani ^a   Nickel, Felix ^a   Linke, Georg R ^b   Wolf, Ivo ^c   Köninger, Jörg ^a   Gutt, Carsten N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Complications; Erosion; Experimental study; Hiatal hernia; Mesh reinforcement; Migration; Polypropylene; Shrinkage; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; ENROFLOXACIN; POLYPROPYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; HIATUS HERNIA; MESH SLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESOPHAGUS; HERNIA, HIATAL; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGICAL MESH; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849114350     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-008-0185-5     Document Type: Article

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