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Review
. 2008 Feb;88(1):17-26, vii.
doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.11.007.

Surgical progress in inguinal and ventral incisional hernia repair

Stephen H Gray  1 , Mary T Hawn, Kamal M F Itani
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Review

Surgical progress in inguinal and ventral incisional hernia repair

Stephen H Gray et al. Surg Clin North Am. 2008 Feb.

Abstract

The goals of this article are to describe the history of hernia repair and how innovations in surgical technique, prosthetics, and technology have shaped current practice.

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