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Authors: Dirk Weyhe, MD, Orlin Belyaev, MD, Waldemar Uhl, MD, FRCS

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 4/2007

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We are grateful to our colleague for his critical note based on a series of studies claiming that material reduction improved tissue integration of meshes by reducing the extent of inflammation and fibrosis.1 …

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Title: Reply
Authors: Dirk Weyhe, MD
Orlin Belyaev, MD
Waldemar Uhl, MD, FRCS
Publication date: 01-04-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 4/2007
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-006-0855-1

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