aDepartment of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
bDivision of Comparative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
Correspondence address: Corey R Deeken, PhD, Department of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Ave, Campus Box 8109, St Louis, MO 63110
E-mail: [email protected]
Submitted September 27, 2010; revised December 16, 2010; accepted January 5, 2011.
Disclosure information: This research was supported by a grant fromSynovis Life Sciences(St Paul, MN). Dr Matthews received research support as principal investigator fromSynovis Surgical Innovations. All other authors have nothing to disclose.
Lora Melman, MD was awarded the 2010 American Hernia Society Resident/Fellow Award for the best Resident/Fellow presentation of this study in Orlando, FL, March 2010.