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  • Designing a test to determine physical changes in explanted hernia meshes [abstract] 

    Kelchen, Phillip; Costello, Corey (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2006)
    Abdominal hernias are painful conditions that affect about 4.5 million people in the USA alone. Surgeons suture a polymer mesh material to the peritoneal wall to provide support for the peritoneal wall as it heals. The ...