Impact of the defect size, the mesh overlap and the fixation depth on ventral hernia repairs: A combined experimental and numerical approach

Hernia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 647-655

  Guerin G ^a   Turquier, F ^a  

^a MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Defect size; Finite Element analysis; Overlap; Physical model; Ventral hernia repair

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HERNIOPLASTY; PERITONEUM; PHYSICAL MODEL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSABDOMINAL MESH;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WOUND CLOSURE TECHNIQUES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HERNIA, VENTRAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 84885433757     PISSN: 12654906     EISSN: 12489204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-013-1050-6     Document Type: Article

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