Does contraction of mesh following tension free hernioplasty effect testicular or femoral vessel blood flow?
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Hernia
- Vol. 5 (1) , 13-15
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01576157
Abstract
Prosthetic mesh can contract by 20–75% of its original size within ten months after implantation. We set out to determine whether this contraction has any effect on testicular or femoral vessel blood flow following open or laparoscopic hernia repair.Keywords
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