Commentary on: Low-cost mesh for inguinal hernia repair in resource-limited settings

Hernia

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 491-494

  Kingsnorth, A N ^a   Tongaonkar, R R ^b   Awojobi, O A ^c  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Tongaonkar Hospital   (India)

^c Awojobi Clinic   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

BED NET; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SURGICAL MESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HERNIORRHAPHY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84857072989     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-011-0828-7     Document Type: Note

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