ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2013
Open inguinal hernia repair with the use of polyglycolic acid/trimethylene carbonate absorbable mesh: a critical update of the long-term results.
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- Is it really worth it? Reply to: Selective use of bioabsorbable Gore BIO-A plug and patch for groin hernia repair. Negro P, Campanelli G, Ipponi PL, Gossetti F, Dassatti MR, Manto O, D'Amore L. Hernia. 2013, 17(6):795-6.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
- Inguinal hernia repair using a synthetic long-term resorbable mesh: results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Article
- Open inguinal hernia repair with the use of polyglycolic acid/trimethylene carbonate mesh: gross and pathologic assessment of the inguinal area at reoperation for recurrence.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2013Article
- Selective use of bioabsorbable Gore BIO-A plug and patch for groin hernia repair : comment to: open inguinal hernia repair with the use of polyglycolic acid/trimethylene carbonate absorbable mesh: a critical update of the long term results. Symeonidis D, Efthimiou M, Koukoulis G, Athanasiou E, Mamaloudis I, Tzovaras G. Hernia 2013, 17:85-87.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeOur group evaluated on a pilot basis open inguinal hernia repair with the use of a fully absorbable mesh aiming to take mesh inguinal hernia repair one step forward. The purpose of the present study was to assess the long-term results of the proposed technique.
methodsPatients that were included in our previous report were followed up at 3 years after the initial operation.
resultsTen patients underwent open inguinal hernia repair with the use of an absorbable polyglycolic acid/trimethylene carbonate mesh. 3 years after the procedure, from the total of ten patients, two were lost to follow-up (20 %). Three patients (37.5 %), one with direct and two with indirect hernia, were diagnosed clinically with a recurrence at the follow-up of 3 years. Recurrences were developed nearly 2 years--median 24 months (range 18-30)--after the initial operation. Among patients without recurrence none complained about chronic pain, foreign body sensation or numbness. On the other hand, chronic pain was a constant complain in the recurrence patient group.
conclusionsThe results of the 3-year follow-up in the given patient sample alleviate the initial enthusiasm regarding the use of an absorbable mesh for inguinal hernia repair as an attractive alternative and causes skepticism about the generalized use of the procedure in its certain form.
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