Biological Meshes – Indications and Shortcomings: Gina Adrales, M.D.

Challenging Hernias Postgraduate Course

disclosures–7 sec
classification–44 sec
degradation & remodeling–2:01
crosslinking–2:37
video clip–3:28
citation–4:23 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18619621
contaminated fields–5:48

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