EHS and AHS guidelines for treatment of primary ventral hernias in rare locations or special circumstances

Rare locations of hernias, as well as primary ventral hernias under certain circumstances (cirrhosis, dialysis, rectus diastasis, subsequent pregnancy), might be technically challenging. The aim was to identify situations where the treatment strategy might deviate from routine management.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  BJS Open

• Publication date

  2020-01-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/bjs5.50252PMID 32207571PMCID 7093793
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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