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Review
. 2018 Aug;22(8):623-625.
doi: 10.1007/s10151-018-1833-y. Epub 2018 Aug 9.

Preventing incisional hernia: closing the midline laparotomy

M M J van Rooijen  1 , J F Lange  2
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Review

Preventing incisional hernia: closing the midline laparotomy

M M J van Rooijen et al. Tech Coloproctol. 2018 Aug.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.

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