Post-laparoscopic mesh in post-menopausal umbilical hernia repair: A case series

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 290-295

  Tinelli, Andrea ^a   Malvasi, Antonio ^b   Manca, Corrado ^a   Alemanno, Giovanni ^a   Bettocchi, Stefano ^c   Benhidjeb, Tahar ^d  

^a VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Santa Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

abdominal access; laparoscopy; menopause; prosthetic patch; skin aging; Umbilical hernia; Ventralex

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UMBILICAL HERNIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054875812     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13645706.2010.542754     Document Type: Article

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