1 Sep 2002Article
DUAL MESH-PLUS FOR WALL RECONSTRUCTION IN INCISIONAL AND OMBILICAL HERNIA IN THE AGED
G. Zanghì 1F. Catalano 1A. Zanghì 1G. Caruso 1S. Strano 1A. Biondi 1G. Benfatto 1F. Basile 1
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1 Sezione di Chirurgia Generale ed Oncologica, Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2002, 73(5), 519-522;
Published: 1 Sep 2002
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Abstract
The article reports the author’s experience about the use of Gore-Tex Dual Mesh Biomaterial in large incisional hernia operations in patients over seventy. From jennary1996 at present day we operated on 23 patients for treatment of abdominal wall defect. In all patients we used a Dual Mesh. 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 especially in the old patient.
Keywords
- Incisional hernia
- umbelical hernia
- dual mesh
- polytetrafluoroethilene