CURRENT ADVANCES IN PROSTHESES IN HERNIA REPAIR

The "Biomaterial Consensus Conference" in 1983, reached an agreement on the definition of biomaterial: the substance (or combination of substances), natural or synthetic, that can be used alone or in combination, and for a variable period of time, that can treat, increase or replace a func...

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Published inInternational journal of medical and biological frontiers Vol. 18; no. 2/3; p. 189
Main Author Suárez-Grau, J M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hauppauge Nova Science Publishers, Inc 01.02.2012
Subjects
Abdomen
Acids
Adhesion
Antibiotics
Classification
Defects
Hernias
Infections
Laparoscopy
Molecular weight
Polyesters
Polylactic acid
Prostheses
Surgery
Tensile strength
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Summary:The "Biomaterial Consensus Conference" in 1983, reached an agreement on the definition of biomaterial: the substance (or combination of substances), natural or synthetic, that can be used alone or in combination, and for a variable period of time, that can treat, increase or replace a function of the body. It can therefore be defined as all materials reachable as metals and alloys, ceramics, carbon derivatives, polymers and biological tissues, which have been used and are still used in surgical treatments. Only some of these are components of the prostheses used today in surgery for inguinal hernia. The absorbable prostheses are emerging and are being widely studied subject to controversy. The bioprostheses are used in hernia processes to cover defects. Although today is still valid herniorrhaphy in some types of hernias, it is increasingly appropriate to use these materials to prevent possible complications, mainly recurrence.
ISSN:1081-3829