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. 2023 Feb 3:2:10899.
doi: 10.3389/jaws.2023.10899. eCollection 2023.

Defining High-Risk Patients Suitable for Incisional Hernia Prevention

Jose Antonio Pereira-Rodríguez  1   2 , Alejandro Bravo-Salva  1   2 , Núria Argudo-Aguirre  1   2 , Sara Amador-Gil  3 , Miguel Pera-Román  1   2
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Defining High-Risk Patients Suitable for Incisional Hernia Prevention

Jose Antonio Pereira-Rodríguez et al. J Abdom Wall Surg. .
No abstract available

Keywords: incisional hernia prevention; laparotomy complications; prophylactic mesh; risk factors; small bites.

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