Preserving patients' native tissues has posed many challenges for surgeons. Increased life
expectancy is leading to a proportionately older surgical population with weaker tissues. The …

Background: Mesh implantation during abdominal wall reconstruction decreases rates of
ventral hernia recurrence and has become the dominant method of repair. The authors …

The management of complex abdominal problems with the open-abdomen and temporary
abdominal closure techniques has become a common and valuable tool in surgery …

Background Biologic mesh choice in ventral hernia repair is challenging due to lack of
prospective data. This study examines long-term, single-center biologic mesh outcomes …

Abstract Background Surgical Mesh Infection (SMI) after Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair
(AWHR) represents a catastrophic complication. We performed a systematic review and …

Background Guidelines recommend the use of bioprosthetics for abdominal wall
reinforcement in contaminated fields, but the evidence supporting the use of biologic over …

Repair of contaminated/infected ventral incisional hernias is marked by high rates of
recurrence, complications, and/or explantation of synthetic mesh. Biologic mesh products …

Purpose Biologic meshes are being used with increasing frequency to repair contaminated
abdominal wall defects despite high long-term recurrence and infection rates associated …

Background The management of complicated ventral hernias (CVH), namely ventral hernias
in actively or recently infected/contaminated operative fields, and open abdomens in which …

Purpose We conducted a network meta-analysis to evaluate potential differences in patient
outcomes when different meshes, especially biological meshes, were used for ventral hernia …