Open inguinal hernia repair with the use of polyglycolic acid/ trimethylene carbonate absorbable mesh: A critical update of the long-term results

Hernia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-87

  Symeonidis, D ^a   Efthimiou, M ^a   Koukoulis, G ^a   Athanasiou, E ^a   Mamaloudis, I ^a   Tzovaras, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Absorbable mesh; Inguinal hernia; Long term results; Polyglycolic acid; Trimethylene carbonate

Indexed keywords

MAXON; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LONG TERM CARE; PARESTHESIA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; CHRONIC PAIN; DIOXANES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873414251     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-012-1016-0     Document Type: Article

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