Permanent synthetic materials are currently of choice for abdominal wall hernia repair.
However, they are not ideal as short-and long-term complications with these have been …

Abdominal wall incisional and inguinal hernia repair can call for utilization of implants or
prostheses as an alternative to simple suture techniques. The various implants can be …

Prosthetic implantation allows repair of complex abdominal wall herniation and can be used
to treat very big or even giant lesions, often considered beyond the scope of surgical repair …

Abdominal wall hernia correction is one of the most common surgical procedures. 85,000
hernia operations are performed in Poland each year. Modern techniques of abdominal wall …

Surgeons often encounter the challenge of treating acquired abdominal wall defects
following abdominal surgery. The current standard of practice is to repair most defects using …

Biomaterials have long been used to repair defects in the clinical setting, which has led to
the development of a wide variety of new materials tailored to specific therapeutic purposes …

Herniorrhaphy continues to be one of the most commonly performed operations worldwide.
As the literature shows, there is a clear advantage to tension-free mesh reinforcement …

Hernia is defined as the protrusion of the contents of a body cavity through a normal or
abnormal opening in the wall of that cavity either to lie beneath the intact skin or to occupy …

Background New biodegradable synthetic and biologic hernia implants have been
promoted for rapid integration and tissue reinforcement in challenging repairs, eg at the …

Biologic grafts for hernia repair are a relatively new development in the world of surgery. A
thorough search of the Medline database for uses of various biologic grafts in hernia shows …