Too much of a good thing or operating at the fringe

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1203-

  Carty, Matthew J ^a   Ashley, Stanley W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION;

FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80054718595     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.260     Document Type: Note

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