Xenograft biologic mesh implantation in abdominal wall reconstruction and the FDA Maude database

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 170-

  Gooch, Benn ^a   Smart, Neil James ^a   Daniels, Ian ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; XENOGRAFT; XENOGRAFT BIOLOGICAL MESH; FACTUAL DATABASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SURGERY; SURGICAL MESH;

ABDOMINAL WALL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL MESH; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 77952908718     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350610368804     Document Type: Letter

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