Presented by Scott Cinelli, DO at the SAGES 2013 Annual Meeting: Optimizing Outcomes of Ventral & Inguinal Hernia Repairs Postgraduate Course
management of the open ABD–43 sec
the problem–3:08
acute care surgeons–4:39
open ABD closure–7:16
adjunct techniques–8:42
failed primary closure–10:09
late ventral hernia–11:11
strategy-
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