Mesh versus direct suture for the repair of umbilical and epigastric hernias. Ten-year experience

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Stabilini, Cesare ^a   Stella, Mattis ^a   Frascio, Marco ^a   De Salvo, L Y ^a   Fornaro, Rosario ^a   Larghero, Giancarlo ^a   Mandolfino, Francesca ^a   Lazzara, Fabrizio ^a   Gianetta, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hernia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; TIME; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950352068     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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