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Evidence for Replacement of an Infected Synthetic by a Biological Mesh in Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair.

Montgomery, Agneta LU ; Kallinowski, Friedrich and Köckerling, Ferdinand (2015) In Frontiers in surgery 2. p.67-67
Abstract
The incidence of deep infection using a synthetic mesh in inguinal hernia repair is low and reported to be well below 1%. This is in contrast to incisional hernia surgery where the reported incidence is 3% respective 13% comparing laparoscopic to open mesh repair reported in a Cochrane review. Main risk factors were long operation time, surgical site contamination, and early wound complications. An infected mesh can be preserved using conservative treatment were negative pressure wound therapy (VAC(®)) could play an important role. If strategy fails, the mesh needs to be removed. This review aims to look at evidence for situations were a biological mesh would work as a replacement of a removed infected synthetic mesh.
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10.3389/fsurg.2015.00067
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  publisher    = {{Frontiers Media S. A.}},
  series       = {{Frontiers in surgery}},
  title        = {{Evidence for Replacement of an Infected Synthetic by a Biological Mesh in Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair.}},
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