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Bowel obstruction secondary to migration of a Ventralex mesh: report of a rare complication

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  1. Department of General Surgery, General Hospital/Health Center of Ierapetra, Ierapetra, Crete, Greece

    D. Tsapralis, G. Vasiliades, Z. Zaxou, M. Delimpaltadaki, T. H. Margetousakis & H. Papadakis

  2. 3rd Department of General Surgery, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chaidari, Athens, Greece

    A. Machairas & E. P. Misiakos

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Tsapralis, D., Vasiliades, G., Zaxou, Z. et al. Bowel obstruction secondary to migration of a Ventralex mesh: report of a rare complication. Hernia 22, 711–714 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-017-1720-x

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