Polypropylene vs. ePTFE vs. WN mesh for Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair - A prospective randomized, double blind pilotstudy of one-year follow-up

Wideochirurgia I Inne Techniki Maloinwazyjne

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-9

  Paradowski, Tomasz ^a   Olejarz, Aleksander ^a   Kontny, Tomasz ^a   Łukasiewicz, Jacek ^b   Śledziński, Zbigniew ^b   Śmietańska, Irmina ^b   Śmietański, Maciej ^b  

^a City Hospital   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Composite mesh; ePTFE; Inguinal hernia; Lichtenstein technique; Lightweight mesh; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE; POLITEF; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WN MESH;

EID: 69949110749     PISSN: 18954588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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