Safety of prosthetic mesh hernia repair in contaminated fields

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1227-1239

  Carbonell, Alfredo M ^a   Cobb, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE GREENVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological; Hernia; Mesh; Prosthetic; Repair; Synthetic

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERNIA; HERNIA STRANGULATION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTESTINE FISTULA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASTOMAL HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SURGICAL MESH; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

BIOLOGICAL; HERNIA; MESH; PROSTHETIC; REPAIR; SYNTHETIC;

FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPROPYLENES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL MESH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84883799846     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2013.06.012     Document Type: Review

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