The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 3 , Pages 303-312, September 2009

Inguinal hernia repair with porcine small intestine submucosa: 3-year follow-up results of a randomized controlled trial of Lichtenstein's repair with polypropylene mesh versus Surgisis Inguinal Hernia Matrix

Presented in abstract form at the 29th International Congress of the European Hernia Society, Athens, Greece, May 6–9, 2007.

Unit of General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Received 22 April 2008; received in revised form 23 September 2008 published online 16 March 2009.

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00893-3

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.021

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 198, Issue 3 , Pages 303-312, September 2009

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