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Polypropylene mesh use in the prevention of incisional hernia

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  1. Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Barlicki University Hospital No 1 Medical University of Lodz, Kopcinskiego 22, 90–153 , Lodz, Poland

    Janusz Strzelczyk

  2. Department of Metabolic Disorders, Barlicki University Hospital No 1 Medical University of Lodz, Kopcinskiego 22, 90–153 , Lodz, Poland

    Leszek Czupryniak

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Strzelczyk, J., Czupryniak, L. Polypropylene mesh use in the prevention of incisional hernia. Hernia 8, 288 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-003-0199-9

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