1 Jul 2001Article
USE OF PROSTHETIC MESHES IN INCISIONAL HERNIAS IN THE ELDERLY PATIENTS
G. Catania 1F. Catalano 1G. Benfatto 2V. Licari 2R. Giovinetto 2A. Rinella 2A. Giovinetto 2
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Article Info
1 Chirurgia Generale, Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ed Oncologica, Dipartimento di Chirurgia dell’Università di Catania
2 Chirurgia Geriatica, Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ed Oncologica, Dipartimento di Chirurgia dell’Università di Catania
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2001, 72(4), 459-463;
Published: 1 Jul 2001
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Abstract
The paper reports the author’s experience of the use intraperitoneal of Gore-Tex Dual Mesh Biomaterial in large incisional hernia operations in patients over seventy. From January 1999 to December 1999 we operated on 24 patients for treatment of abdominal wall defect. In all patients we used a Dual Mesh Plus Biomaterial. Overall mortality was 0. Morbility was 9,5%. Follow-up is too short for definitive considerations about the incidence of recurrences but our initial experience with this material encourages us to use it again for replacement of abdominal wall defects in the age.
Keywords
- Incisional hernia
- prosthetic material
- polytetrafluoroethylene expanded