Original scientific article
Carbonell, Alfredo M. DO, FACSa,*; Criss, Cory N. MDb; Cobb, William S. MD, FACSa; Novitsky, Yuri W. MDb; Rosen, Michael J. MD, FACSb
aHernia Center, Division of Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, Greenville, SC
bCase Comprehensive Hernia Center, Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
*Correspondence address: Alfredo M Carbonell, DO, FACS, Hernia Center, Division of Minimal Access and Bariatric Surgery, Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine-Greenville, 701 Grove Rd, Greenville, SC 29605.
email: [email protected]
Received May 1, 2013; Revised June 12, 2013; Accepted July 9, 2013.
Disclosure Information: Drs Carbonell and Cobb are paid consultants for WL Gore & Assoc and Ethicon, Inc; Dr Cobb is a paid consultant for Covidien; Drs Novistky and Rosen are paid consultants for Lifecell and Davol; and Dr Criss has nothing to declare.