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Mesh and plug: a solution for the patient or for the surgeon?

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  1. Department of General Surgery, San Pietro Hospital, Fatebenefratelli, Via del Casalaccio, 14, 00046, Grottaferrata (Rome), Italy

    Gabriele Valenti & Emanuele Baldassarre

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Valenti, G., Baldassarre, E. Mesh and plug: a solution for the patient or for the surgeon?. Hernia 10, 100–101 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-005-0038-2

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