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A randomised, multi-centre, prospective, double blind pilot-study to evaluate safety and efficacy of the non-absorbable Optilene(® )Mesh Elastic versus the partly absorbable Ultrapro(® )Mesh for incisional hernia repair

BACKGROUND: Randomised controlled trials with a long term follow-up (3 to 10 years) have demonstrated that mesh repair is superior to suture closure of incisional hernia with lower recurrence rates (5 to 20% versus 20 to 63%). Yet, the ideal size and material of the mesh are not defined. So far, the...

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Autores principales: Seiler, Christoph, Baumann, Petra, Kienle, Peter, Kuthe, Andreas, Kuhlgatz, Jens, Engemann, Rainer, v Frankenberg, Moritz, Knaebel, Hanns-Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2913910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20624273
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-10-21