Open and laparo-endoscopic repair of incarcerated abdominal wall hernias by the use of biological and biosynthetic meshes

Introduction: Although recently published guidelines recommend against the use of synthetic non-absorbable materials in cases of potentially contaminated or contaminated surgical fields due to the increased risk of infection [1, 2], the use of bio-prosthetic meshes for abdominal wall or ventral hern...

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Main Authors: René H Fortelny, Anna eHofmann, Christopher eMay, Ferdinand eKöckerling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2016.00010/full