Introduction Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo groin hernia repair annually.
The many different approaches, treatment indications and a significant array of techniques …

Soft tissue substitutes are subjected to large deformation in vivo, so the matching of
deformation behavior between substitute and tissue is a complex but important criterion for …

Biologic scaffolds composed of extracellular matrix are commonly used in a variety of
surgical procedures. The Food and Drug Administration typically regulates biologic scaffolds …

The use of degradable materials is required to address current performance and
functionality shortcomings from biologically-derived tissues and non-resorbable synthetic …

Polypropylene (PP) meshes are widely used for repairing skeletal muscle defects like
abdominal hernia despite the chances of undesirable pro-inflammatory tissue reactions that …

Purpose Incisional hernias often follow open abdominal surgery. A small-stitch–small-bite
suture might close the incision durably. We analyzed specific details of this closure …

Background Increasing hernia sizes lead to higher recurrence rates after ventral hernia
repair. A better grip might reduce the failure rates. Material and methods A biomechanical …

As popular medical devices, human hernia patches woven with polypropylene meshes are
very popular in clinical abdominal leak repair surgery, owing to their good flexibility and …

Despite the worldwide spread of surgical meshes in abdominal and inguinal surgery repair,
the lack of specific standards for mechanical characterization of synthetic meshes, used in …

Recurrences are frequently observed after ventral hernia repair. Based on clinical data, the
mesh–defect area ratio (MDAR) can lead to lower recurrence rates. Using dynamic …