Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 362-366 , March 2010

Drainage of Collections Associated with Hernia Mesh: Is it Worthwhile?

Received 2 June 2009 ,Revised 10 November 2009 ,Accepted 10 November 2009.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

 From the SIR 2009 Annual Meeting.

PII: S1051-0443(09)01141-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.11.009

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 362-366 , March 2010

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