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Surgical Management of Spontaneous Rupture of Umbilical Hernia Using Biological Mesh
Jose Antonio Moreno, MD, Imtiaz A. Munshi, MD, MBA, and Virgilio George, MD
Fed Pract. 2009;26(12):19–23.
When two cirrhotic patients with intractable ascites presented with ruptured umbilical hernias, these surgeons sought to mitigate the increased risk of postoperative complications by incorporating the use of biological mesh into the open repair procedure.
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