Emergency incisional hernia repair: A difficult problem waiting for a solution

Annals of Surgical Innovation and Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Zafar, Hasnain ^a   Zaidi, Masooma ^a   Qadir, Irfan ^a   Memon, Ayaz A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Emergency hernia repair; Incisional hernia; Obstructed hernia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855273841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-1164-6-1     Document Type: Article

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