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The Argument for Lightweight Polypropylene Mesh in Hernia Repair

Overview of attention for article published in Surgical Innovation, March 2005
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Article details
Title
The Argument for Lightweight Polypropylene Mesh in Hernia Repair
Published in
Surgical Innovation, March 2005
DOI 10.1177/155335060501200109
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 3 2%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Ireland 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 184 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 22 11%
Researcher 21 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 9%
Other 16 8%
Other 46 24%
Unknown 47 24%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 70 36%
Engineering 31 16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 5%
Materials Science 6 3%
Chemistry 4 2%
Other 16 8%
Unknown 55 29%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 September 2026.
All research outputs
#9,341,910
of 27,246,312 outputs
Outputs from Surgical Innovation
#138
of 627 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#30,043
of 82,945 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Surgical Innovation
#1
of 5 outputs
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