Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair by lightweight polypropylene mesh with resorbable coating. Technical notes, preliminary results

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-311

  Cavallaro, G ^a   Campanile, F C ^b   Rizzello, M ^a   Greco, F ^b   Iorio, O ^a   De Angelis, F ^a   Rengo, M ^a   Silecchia, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Andosilla Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Incisional hernia; Laparoscopy; Polypropylene mesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880788273     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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