Tension-Free Mosquito Net Mesh Inguinal Hernioplasty – an Alternative Exclusively for the Third World?

• Authors: Sławomir Kozieł , Kryspin Mitura , Piotr Papaj , Zbigniew Lorenc
• Languages of publication: EN
• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 87
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 102-107

Dates

published

1 - 2 - 2015

received

27 - 11 - 2014

online

3 - 7 - 2015

Contributors

author

Sławomir Kozieł

• Department of General Surgery, Beskid Center of Oncology – Municipal Hospital in Bielsko Biała

author

Kryspin Mitura

• Department of Surgery, Municipal Hospital in Siedlce

author

Piotr Papaj

• Department of General Surgery, Beskid Center of Oncology – Municipal Hospital in Bielsko Biała

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Zbigniew Lorenc

• Department of General, Colorectal and Trauma Surgery, St. Barbara Hospital in Sosnowiec

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pjs-2015-0027