ArticleWorld journal of surgery2006
Impact of polypropylene amount on functional outcome and quality of life after inguinal hernia repair by the TAPP procedure using pure, mixed, and titanium-coated meshes.
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- What do we know about titanized polypropylene meshes? An evidence-based review of the literature.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Pooled it
- Lightweight versus heavyweight in inguinal hernia repair: a meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2012Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing lightweight and heavyweight mesh for Lichtenstein inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2012Pooled it
- European Hernia Society guidelines on the treatment of inguinal hernia in adult patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2009Guideline
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- Early postoperative and one year results of a randomized controlled trial comparing the impact of extralight titanized polypropylene mesh and traditional heavyweight polypropylene mesh on pain and seroma production in laparoscopic hernia repair (TAPP).World journal of surgery · 2011Trial
- Prospective randomized clinical trial comparing lightweight mesh and heavyweight polypropylene mesh in endoscopic totally extraperitoneal groin hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2010Trial
- Sixty-month follow-up after endoscopic inguinal hernia repair with three types of mesh: a prospective randomized trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2008Trial
- A single-surgeon randomized trial comparing three composite meshes on chronic pain after Lichtenstein hernia repair in local anesthesia.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2007Trial
- Impact of titanium-coated polypropylene mesh on functional outcome and quality of life after inguinal hernia repair.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Comparison of Surgisis, Vypro II and TiMesh in contaminated and clean field.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- Comparing Early Outcomes using Non Absorbable Polypropylene Mesh and Partially Absorbable Composite Mesh through Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Article
- Robotic-assisted apical lateral suspension for advanced pelvic organ prolapse: surgical technique and perioperative outcomes.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Usefulness of Titanized Polypropylene Mesh and an Anchor System for Correction of Lower Lid Retraction.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2016Article
- Self-gripping mesh versus fibrin glue fixation in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: a randomized prospective clinical trial in young and elderly patients.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2016Article
- PROMIS for Laparoscopy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2015Article
- Preventing inguinodynia after hernia surgery: does the type of mesh matter?World journal of surgery · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopic inguinal hernia repair requires the use of prosthetic material. This prospective, single-center study was intended to investigate the impact of the amount of polypropylene (PP) mesh used in hernia repair on functional results and quality of life.
methodsFor this series, 672 consecutive patients with primary inguinal hernia undergoing transabdominal preperitoneal hernia repair (TAPP) using a heavyweight PP mesh (Prolene 10 x 15 cm, 1.5 g, group I, n = 232), a mixed PP- and Polyglactin mesh (Vypro II, 10 x 15 cm, 0.53 g, group II, n = 217), or a light-weight titanized PP mesh (Ti-Mesh, 10 x 15 cm, 0.24 g, group III, n = 223) were compared in terms of postoperative complications (seroma, wound healing disorders), quality of life score (pain development, physical condition, urologic disorders), and hernia recurrence.
resultsDuring a 12-month follow-up there were no significant differences in the recurrence rate (1.3%-1.7%). Patients with a pure PP mesh (group I) showed significantly more postoperative seromas (12.1% versus 4.1%/1.8%), foreign body sensations (9.1% versus 5.5%/3.5%), and sensitivity to weather changes (5.6% versus 3.2%/2.2%) compared to groups II and III. In all groups, the quality of life score was improved postoperatively. However, among those patients in our series with few preoperative complaints, the postoperative quality of life was worsened when heavy-weight PP meshes (group I+II) were used but significantly improved when light-weight titanized PP meshes were used.
conclusionsComparable functional results, fewer postoperative complications, and improved quality of life can be achieved by reducing the amount of PP in meshes used for laparoscopic hernia repair by TAPP procedure.
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