Abdominal wall hernias are one of the most common and long-standing surgical
applications for biomaterials engineering. Yet, despite over 50 years of standard use of …

Mismatch of mechanical properties between highly deformable biomedical materials and
adjacent native tissue might lead to short and long term health impairment. The capability of …

Intraperitoneal adhesions (IAs) are a major complication arising from abdominal repair
surgeries, including hernia repair procedures. Herein, we fabricated a composite mesh …

Commercial hernia mesh is commonly made from polypropylene (PP), due to its inertness,
biocompatibility, physical properties, ease of processing and versatility for conversion into …

The recent definitions on intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), intra-abdominal volume (IAV) and
abdominal compliance (Cab) are a step forward in understanding these important concepts …

Abdominal compliance (AC) is an important determinant and predictor of available
workspace during laparoscopic surgery. Furthermore, critically ill patients with a reduced AC …

Mesh implantation for hernia repair is one of the common surgical techniques. The goal of
this review is to highlight the basic requirements of mesh in order to select the most …

Abstract Development of biomaterials for hernia and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair is
encouraged because of high local complication rates with current materials. Therefore, we …

Objective To compare the occurrence of graft‐related complications (GRC s) and
biomechanical properties of meshes implanted vaginally and abdominally. Design In vivo …

This work reports the second part of a review on synthetic surgical meshes used for
abdominal hernia repair. While material and structural characteristics, together with mesh …