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Transvaginal Repair of a Large Chronic Porcine Ventral Hernia with Synthetic Mesh Using NOTES

BACKGROUND: Ventral incisional hernias still remain a common surgical problem. We tested the feasibility of transvaginal placement of a large synthetic mesh to repair a porcine hernia. METHODS: Seven pigs were used in this survival model. Each animal had creation of a 5-cm hernia defect and underwen...

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Autores principales: Powell, Ben, Whang, Susan H., Bachman, Sharon L., Andres Astudillo, J., Sporn, Emanuel, Miedema, Brent W., Thaler, Klaus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20932375
http://dx.doi.org/10.4293/108680810X12785289144313