Prospective randomized controlled study using polyethylene mesh for inguinal hernia meshplasty as a safe and cost-effective alternative to polypropylene mesh

Updates in Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-42

  Gundre, Nitin P ^a   Iyer, Sandhya P ^a   Subramaniyan, Prabhakar ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hernia; Inguinal hernia; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Surgical mesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862737454     PISSN: 2038131X     EISSN: 20383312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13304-011-0103-6     Document Type: Article

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