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Use of percutaneous stitches in laparoscopic mesh hernioplasty
1Department of Surgery, S. E. Baptist Memorial Hospital, San Antonio.
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Sutures placed percutaneously have considerably facilitated the accurate intraperitoneal laparoscopic placement of synthetic mesh in the groin. The mesh effectively covers the abdominal wall defect, preventing further herniations in the area.