Early postoperative and one year results of a randomized controlled trial comparing the impact of extralight titanized polypropylene mesh and traditional heavyweight polypropylene mesh on pain and seroma production in laparoscopic hernia repair (TAPP)

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1791-1797

  Bittner, R ^a   Schmedt, C G ^b   Leibl, B J ^c   Schwarz, J ^a  

^a EuromedClinic   (Germany)

^b Department of Vascular Surgery   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE;

ADULT; AGED; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEROMA; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES; TITANIUM;

EID: 80051570075     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-1148-x     Document Type: Article

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