Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 326-375 , May 2006

Abdominal Wall Hernia

  • Adrian E. Park, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chief, Division of General Surgery Campbell and Jeanette Plugge Professor of Surgery Program Director, Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • J. Scott Roth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery Director, General Surgery Residency University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Stephen M. Kavic, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Instructor and Fellow in Minimally Invasive Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

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PII: S0011-3840(06)00019-0

doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2006.02.004

Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 43, Issue 5 , Pages 326-375 , May 2006

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