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You are here: Home / Videos / Mesh: Is it necessary & what type should I use?

Mesh: Is it necessary & what type should I use?

 

Presented by Sharon L Bachman at the Masters Series: AHS Joint Session – Ventral Hernia “It’s not just Hernia” held during the 2017 SAGES Annual Meeting in Houston, TX on Saturday, March 25, 2017


Keyword(s): abdominal cavity, allograft, anisotropic stretchability, bacteria, bacterial extravasation, barrier mesh, biologic antibiotic impregnated mesh, biologic mesh, biologics, bowel, bridging, coated mesh, collagen, contaminated field, contract, engineer, explanted mesh, fistula, foreign body response, incarceration, incisional hernia, inflammation, inflammatory response, IPOM, lightweight mesh, LWM, macrophage, macroporous mesh, mesh, mesh complications, mesh migration, mesh shrinkage, monofilament, multifilament, National Institute of Health, NIH, open ventral hernia repair, partially absorbable mesh, pig, polyester mesh, polypropylene mesh, porcine dermis, primary repair, PTFE mesh, recurrence, residents, scar tissue, synthetic absorbable mesh, teaching, technique, tension, vendor, xenograft

Recurrence–4:11 Surg Gynecol Obstet 1993

Surg Clin North Am 2008

NEJM 2000

Ann Surg 2004

World J Surg 2016

Synthetic mesh–9:21

Polypropylene mesh–10:37

Polyester mesh–11:32

PTFE–11:56

Citation–13:05 JACS 2011

Anisotropic stretchability–13:43 Surgery 2007

Which mesh? Where & when?–18:18

Synthetic absorbable mesh–19:20

Partially absorbable mesh–19:57

Biologic antibiotic impregnated mesh–21:17

Mesh basics–21:25

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Learning Themes
Hernia
Sources
2017 Annual Meeting
Video Authors
Bachman S
Video Institutions
Inova Fairfax Hospital--Falls Church VA


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