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Intraperitoneal Polypropylene Mesh Hernia Repair Complicates Subsequent Abdominal Surgery

Author: James M. Watters, MD

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 2/2007

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The problem of incisional hernia is familiar to general surgeons. Tension-free repair using synthetic or biosynthetic material to bridge the fascial defect is the commonest approach and is superior in general to sutured repair.1 The most durable repairs require that the material be positioned deep to the fascia and overlap it for some distance beyond the margins of the fascial defect.2 The range of materials that have been used is considerable and none is ideal. …

Luijendijk RW, Hop WC, van den Tol MP, et al. A comparison of suture repair with mesh repair of incisional hernia. N Engl J Med 2000;343:392–398.PubMedCrossRef

Temudon T, Saidati M, Sarr MG. Repair of complex giant or recurrent ventral hernias by using tension-free intraparietal prosthetic mesh (Stoppa technique): lessons learned from our initial experience (50 patients). Surgery 1996;120:738–744.CrossRef

Title: Intraperitoneal Polypropylene Mesh Hernia Repair Complicates Subsequent Abdominal Surgery
Author: James M. Watters, MD
Publication date: 01-02-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-006-0688-y

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