title: Topic: Recent Innovations in Hernia Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Covidien, Trévoux, France.
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authors.affiliation: Morioka Yuai Hospital, Morioka, Japan.|Iwate Prefectural Kuji Hospital, Kuji, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Iwate Prefectural Kuji Hospital, Kuji, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Shimooki
authors.affiliation: Iwate Prefectural Kuji Hospital, Kuji, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Abe
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Presidio Ospedaliero SS. Filippo e Nicola, Avezzano, AQ, Italy.
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authors.lastname: Pietrantoni
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authors.affiliation: Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
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authors.lastname: Szomstein
authors.affiliation: Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
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authors.lastname: Lo Menzo
authors.affiliation: Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, USA.
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authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Frydlant Hospital, Frydlant, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Musil
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Frydlant Hospital, Frydlant, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Kohoutek
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Frydlant Hospital, Frydlant, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Plechacova
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Prostejov Hospital, Prostejov, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Gryga
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Prostejov Hospital, Prostejov, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Marek
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kladno Hospital, Kladno, Czech Republic.
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authors.lastname: Bures
authors.affiliation: Baystate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
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authors.lastname: Mora
authors.affiliation: Baystate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
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authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.affiliation: Baystate Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
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authors.lastname: Desilets
authors.affiliation: Baystate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
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authors.lastname: Romanelli
authors.affiliation: Baystate Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
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authors.lastname: Earle
authors.affiliation: Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond, Netherlands.
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authors.lastname: Mommers
authors.affiliation: Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond, Netherlands.
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authors.lastname: Wegdam
authors.affiliation: Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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authors.lastname: Nienhuijs
authors.affiliation: Elkerliek Hospital, Helmond, Netherlands.
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authors.lastname: de Vries Reilingh
authors.affiliation: Colorectal Department, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, UK.
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authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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authors.lastname: Majumder
authors.affiliation: New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA.
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authors.affiliation: University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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authors.lastname: Novitsky
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Linz, Austria.
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authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Sisters of Charity Hospital, Linz, Austria.
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authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Bruck an der Mur, Austria.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.affiliation: Div. of Hernia Surgery, Heart-life hospital, Nakagusuku village, Japan.
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authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
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authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Digestive Disease Center, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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authors.affiliation: Division of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Division of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Division of GI & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, USA.
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