The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 196, Issue 1 , Pages 47-50 , July 2008

Abdominal hernia repair with bridging acellular dermal matrix—an expensive hernia sac

  • Jeffrey Blatnik, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Case Comprehensive Hernia Center, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Judy Jin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Case Comprehensive Hernia Center, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Rosen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Case Comprehensive Hernia Center, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-216-844-2763; fax: +1-216-844-5888.

Received 4 April 2007 ,Revised 19 June 2007

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00179-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.035

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 196, Issue 1 , Pages 47-50 , July 2008

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