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BL
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749055
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b569012
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edited by J.P. Chevrel.
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Hernias and Surgery of the abdominal wall\ edited by J.P. Chevrel.
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998
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(xxvii, 340 pages 451 illustrations)
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| ISBN
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3642488811
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: 9783642488818
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| Contents
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1. General --; 1. Surgical Anatomy of the Anterolateral and Posterior Abdominal Walls and Points of Weakness --; 2. Functional Anatomy of the Muscles of the Anterolateral Abdominal Wall: Electromyography and Histoenzymology --; Relationship Between Abdominal Wall Activity and Intra-abdominal Pressure --; 3. Procedures for Investigation of the Abdominal Wall --; 2. Surgical Techniques --; 4. Surgical Approaches to the Abdomen --; 5. Pre- and Postoperative Care --; 6. Postoperative Complications --; 7. Closed Trauma of the Abdominal Wall --; 8. Defects of the Abdominal Wall --; 9. Hernia of the Abdominal Wall --; 10. Pathology of the Umbilicus --; 11. Abdominoplasty --; 12. The Abdominal Wall in Infants and Children.
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| Abstract
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The best book about hernias on the market (G. Wantz). Excellent topic always timely should appeal to a broad range of general surgeons. The result of a European-American co-operation, whose joint efforts have dramatically reduced the rate of recurrent groin hernia, burst abdomen and incisional hernia in patients. The contributors to this updated volume are among the most renowned specialists in the field and here they present personal accounts of the once controversial techniques they have now perfected. New sections have been added to include such revolutionary techniques as prosthetic mesh and laparoscopic surgery.
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Abdomen -- Surgery.
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Medicine.
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RD540.2E358 1998
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J P Chevrel
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With contributions by numerous experts
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