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A new technique for adhesive strapping for umbilical hernia in infants

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A new technique for adhesive strapping for infantile umbilical hernia has been described. The results of application of this technique in 32 babies up to I year of age have been outlined and the advantages and complications of this technique have been discussed.

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  1. Lucknow

    A. K. Wakhlu, M. M. Zaman, Indu Wakhlu & G. P. Agarwal

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  1. A. K. Wakhlu
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From the Departments of Surgery and Paediatrics, K.G.'s Medical College, Lucknow.

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Wakhlu, A.K., Zaman, M.M., Wakhlu, I. et al. A new technique for adhesive strapping for umbilical hernia in infants. Indian J Pediatr 40, 106–110 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02753459

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