Application of a novel material in the inguinal region using a totally percutaneous approach in an animal model: a new potential technique?

The Promise of viral phage therapy in hernia mesh infection, is this the biological ‘silver bullet’ of the future?

“…There is a wide variety of animal models of hernia repair, 45 including large animal (porcine) models that effectively mimic aspects of human hernia repair 46,47 . Use of such animal models will permit the assessment of phages as therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents in the infected hernia mesh setting.…”