Does expanded polytetraXuoroethylene mesh really shrink after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair?

Hernia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-325

  Carter, P R ^a   LeBlanc, K A ^b   Hausmann, M G ^b   Whitaker, J M ^b   Rhynes, V K ^b   Kleinpeter, K P ^b   Allain, B W ^b  

^a Midwest Surgical Associates SC   (United States)

^b Minimally Invasive Surgery Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

DualMesh; EPTFE; Hernia; Tack fixation; Transfascial sutures; Ventral hernia

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRACTION STRESS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FIXATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; HERNIORRHAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MESH; TIME;

HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS RETENTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84865125309     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-011-0898-6     Document Type: Article

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