One-year outcome of biological and synthetic bioabsorbable meshes for augmentation of large abdominal wall defects in a rabbit model

Surgical mesh for ventral incisional hernia repairs:Understanding mesh design

“…For example, Gore Bio-A (WL Gore and Associates, USA) mesh degrades in six months and has been shown to reduce recurrence rates, infection and pain (23,28,29). Phasix (Bard Davol Inc, USA) (23,30) and Tigr Matrix (Novus Scientific, USA) (31-33) also degrade over several months and are useful in hernia repair, as has been demonstrated in preclinical animal (23,31,32) and human pilot (33) studies. The long-term effectiveness of these newer synthetic degradable meshes remains to be tested in clinical practice.…”

Giant Omphalocele: What's the Way to Go?

“…These materials, as well as biologic meshes, are gradually resorbed by the body, while maintaining adequate mechanical strength that allows formation of sufficiently strong host tissue. In a recent rabbit study, a synthetic absorbable mesh called GORE BIO-A Tissue Reinforcement, was associated with optimal tissue remodelling with complete mesh resorption, tensile strength similar to native abdominal wall tissue, moderate intra-abdominal adhesion formation, and no inflammation [73].…”

Active behavior of abdominal wall muscles: Experimental results and numerical model formulation

“…This animal model is commonly used for the study of hernia repair meshes (Aramayo et al, 2013;Pascual et al, 2013;Peeters et al, 2013) and authors characterized previously its passive response (Hernández and Pe, 2011;Calvo et al, 2014). In vitro experimental active tests are presented here for the RA, the EO and samples formed by three muscles (EO, IO and TA).…”