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[The Prolene Hernia System for inguinal hernia repair]
1Service de chirurgie générale et digestive, Hôtel-Dieu, boulevard Léon-Malfreyt, 63058, Clermont-Ferrand, France. kslim@chu-clermontferrand.fr <kslim@chu-clermontferrand.fr>
Annales De Chirurgie
|March 27, 2003
Abstract:
Prosthetic repair is now considered as a standard in hernia surgery. The authors describe herein the technique of placement of Prolene Hernia System (PHS) which has the feature of a "3 in 1 system" according to the principles of Rives and Stoppa on one hand and those of Lichtenstein on the other hand. The steps of surgical technique are described.