ArticleCase reports in surgery2017
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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Necessary duration of follow-up to assess complications of mesh in hernia surgery: a time-lapse study based on 460 explants.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Article
- Laparoscopic evaluation and management of 47 patients with late-onset mesh infection after inguinal hernioplasty.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- The Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Lichtenstein Repair of Primary Inguinal Hernia: A Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.Nigerian journal of surgery : official publication of the Nigerian Surgical Research SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Inguinal hernia mesh repair is one of the most frequent operations performed worldwide. The Lichtenstein technique and its various modifications are the most popular operations for groin hernia repair. The rate of surgical site infection (SSI) following inguinal hernia repair ranges between 0 and 14% in various series. Most of these infections developed early postoperatively. The incidence of late mesh infection following open inguinal hernia repair still remains unclear and highly variable. Late deep mesh infections are relatively rare specially after more than 10 years. The most common pathogens reported in the literature are
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