Prosthetic abdominal wall hernia repair in emergency surgery: from polypropylene to biological meshes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The use of nonabsorbable prosthetic materials such as polypropylene, polyester, and ePTFE, have expanded and are now widely used in reparative surgery for abdominal wall hernias.</p> <p>There are still difficulties to find correct indication for prost...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-12-01
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| Series: | World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.wjes.org/content/3/1/33 |