Open AccessUse of Polypropylene Mesh for Abdominal Wall Defect in Surgery of Advanced Urachus Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Hiroji Uemura,
Yuhzo Kinoshita,
Yoshinobu Kubota,
Taro Shuin,
Masahiko Hosaka
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
urologia internationalis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1423-0399
pISSN - 0042-1138
DOI - 10.1159/000281314
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal wall , urachus , surgical mesh , surgery , carcinoma , hernia , pathology
We report a case of urachus carcinoma in which the resulting abdominal wall defect was reconstructed during surgery with an artificial polypropylene mesh. The use of the mesh made it easier to resect the tumor more radically, even in an advanced case.
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