Spiral tacks may contribute to intra-abdominal adhesion formation
Date
2004Author
Boler, DE
Hamzaoglu, I
Pekmezci, S
Kilic, N
Altug, T
Karahasanoglu, T
Onur, E
Baca, B
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Purpose. With the inception of laparoscopic ventral hernia repair came a novel device not used in conventional hernia repair; the spiral tack. We conducted an experimental study on pigs to determine whether spiral tacks contribute to adhesion formation.
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