Ventral hernia repair remains one of the most common operations performed by general
surgeons. Despite the frequency with which this procedure is performed, there is little …

Introduction While porcine-based biologic meshes are increasingly used for hernia repair,
little data exist on tissue responses to such products. Host foreign body reaction, local …

Background Despite the prevalence of ventral hernias, there is little agreement as to the
most appropriate technique or prosthetic to repair these defects. Our objective was to …

Background Salvaging infected prosthetic material after ventral hernia repair is rarely
successful. Most cases require mesh excision and complex abdominal wall reconstruction …

Background: Patients undergoing abdominal wall reconstruction are at risk of developing
major postoperative respiratory complications. The authors attempted to identify factors …

Several porcine-derived acellular biologic grafts are increasingly used in abdominal wall
reconstruction due to the limitations of synthetic meshes in many clinical situations …

BACKGROUND: Optimal management of the open abdomen remains controversial. STUDY
DESIGN: Retrospective review of patients injured during Operations Enduring Freedom and …

Background: The search continues for the “ideal” repair of the midline ventral hernia, and the
components separation technique has a low, but still concerning, hernia recurrence rate …

Background The optimal type of mesh for complex abdominal wall reconstruction has not
been elucidated. We hypothesized that AWRs using acellular dermal matrix (ADM) …

Purpose The closure of midline in abdominal wall incisional hernias is an essential
principle. In some exceptional circumstances, despite adequate component separation …