Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 234-238 , 1 July 2006

Abdominal wound dehiscence and incisional hernia

  • David C Bartlett, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • David C Bartlett FRCS is a Specialist Registrar in General Surgery at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.
    • ,
  • Andrew N Kingsnorth, FRCS FACS

      Affiliations

    • Andrew N Kingsnorth FRCS FACS is a Professor of Surgery at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.

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PII: S0263-9319(06)70710-4

doi: 10.1383/surg.2006.24.7.234

Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 7 , Pages 234-238 , 1 July 2006

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