CEITH NIKKOLO Impact of Different Mesh Parameters on Chronic Pain and Foreign Body Feeling After Open Inguinal Hernia Repair
DISSERTATIONES CEITH NIKKOLO MEDICINAE UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS 229 Impact of different mesh parameters on chronic pain and foreign body feeling after open inguinal hernia repair body feeling pain and foreign mesh parameters on chronic Impact of different CEITH NIKKOLO Impact of different mesh parameters on chronic pain and foreign body feeling after open inguinal hernia repair Tartu 2014 ISSN 1024-395X ISBN 978-9949-32-694-5 DISSERTATIONES MEDICINAE UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS 229 DISSERTATIONES MEDICINAE UNIVERSITATIS TARTUENSIS 229 CEITH NIKKOLO Impact of different mesh parameters on chronic pain and foreign body feeling after open inguinal hernia repair Department of Surgery, University of Tartu, Estonia The dissertation has been accepted for the commencement of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine on 28th August 2014 by the Council of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia Supervisors: Urmas Lepner, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia Reviewers: Peep Talving, MD, PhD, FACS, Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia Aare Märtson, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, Estonia Opponent: Hannu Paajanen, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Commencement: 21st of November 2014 Publication of this dissertation is granted by the University of Tartu. ISSN 1024-395X ISBN 978-9949-32-694-5 (print) ISBN 978-9949-32-695-2 (pdf) Copyright: Ceith Nikkolo, 2014 University of Tartu Press www.tyk.ee TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS ....................................................... 7 ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ 8 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 9 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ..........................................................
[Show full text]