Incisional hernia rate 3 years after midline laparotomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 51-54

  Fink, C ^a   Baumann, P ^b   Wente, M N ^b   Knebel, P ^a   Bruckner, T ^a   Ulrich, A ^a   Werner, J ^a   Buchler M W ^a   Diener, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b B Braun Melsungen AG   (Germany)

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EID: 84891345182     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9364     Document Type: Article

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