Which mesh or graft? Prosthetic devices for abdominal wall reconstruction

Shazia Abid; Kevin El-Hayek

doi:10.12968/hmed.2016.77.3.157

Which mesh or graft? Prosthetic devices for abdominal wall reconstruction

Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2016 Mar;77(3):157-8, 159-61. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.3.157.

Authors

Shazia Abid¹, Kevin El-Hayek²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Research Associate in the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
² Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University and Consultant General Surgeon in the Department of General Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

PMID: 26961445
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2016.77.3.157

Abstract

This article reviews the ever-increasing number of prosthetic devices--both synthetic mesh and biologic grafts--now in use for abdominal wall reconstruction. It also introduces a novel hybrid synthetic/biologic graft (Zenapro) and suture passer device (Novapass).

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Wall / surgery*
Biocompatible Materials
Clinical Trials as Topic
Herniorrhaphy / economics
Herniorrhaphy / instrumentation*
Herniorrhaphy / methods*
Heterografts
Humans
Plastic Surgery Procedures / economics
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods
Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
Prostheses and Implants
Quality of Life
Surgical Mesh
Sutures
Tissue Transplantation / instrumentation
Tissue Transplantation / methods

Substances

Biocompatible Materials