Retrospective analysis of umbilical, epigastric, and small incisional hernia repair using the Ventralex™ hernia patch

Hernia

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 531-540

  Tollens, T ^a   Den Hondt, M ^a,b   Devroe, K ^a   Terry, C ^a   Speybroeck, S ^a   Aelvoet, C ^a   Vanrykel, J P ^a  

^a IMELDA HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Complications; Mesh repair; Recurrence; Umbilical hernia; Ventralex

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIGASTRIC HERNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEROMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MESH; UMBILICAL HERNIA; AGED; HERNIORRHAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TIME;

POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HERNIA, UMBILICAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857094690     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-011-0816-y     Document Type: Article

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