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
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