Outcomes of mid-term and long-term degradable biosynthetic meshes in single-stage open complex abdominal wall reconstruction

• Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1647 - 1657
• Main Authors: Claessen, J. J. M., Timmer, A. S., Atema, J. J., Boermeester, M. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Springer Paris 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal Surgery; Abdominal wall; Abdominal Wall - surgery; Biodegradability; Computed tomography; Forum on Complexities in Hernia; Hernia; Hernia, Ventral - etiology; Hernias; Herniorrhaphy - adverse effects; Humans; Infections; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original; Original Article; Patients; Persistent infection; Recurrence; Retrospective Studies; Surgical Mesh - adverse effects; Surgical site infections; Surgical Wound Infection - etiology; Surgical Wound Infection - surgery; Treatment Outcome; Wound infection; long-term degradable; Phasix; Biosynthetic mesh; mid-term degradable; CAWR; Bio-A

Objective To assess clinical outcomes in patients that underwent open single-stage complex abdominal wall reconstruction (CAWR) with biosynthetic mesh. Methods Retrospective observational study of two prospectively registered series of consecutive patients undergoing CAWR with either long-term degra...