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Mesh migration into an inguinal hernia sac following a laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair

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Cunningham, H.B., Kukreja, S. & Huerta, S. Mesh migration into an inguinal hernia sac following a laparoscopic umbilical hernia repair. Hernia 22, 715–720 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-018-1759-3

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