
Clinical Challenges in Hernia Surgery: Preoperative Optimization for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
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What Is the Bumper of Hernias?
There can be about a third or more a rate of herneas, of incisional herneas. About half a million of these repairs are being performed annually. Recurrence rates range from single digits to up to the forty per cent. And every subsequent recurrence and operation wileyou have a higher rate of re operation, recurrence and complication.
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