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Prophylactic onlay mesh at emergency laparotomy: promising early outcomes with long-acting synthetic resorbable mesh
Daniah Alsaadi ,* Ian Stephens,* Lydia O. Simmons,* Magda Bucholc† and Michael Sugrue*‡ *Department of Surgery, Letterkenny University Hospital, Letterkenny, Ireland †Intelligent Systems Research Centre, School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems, Ulster...
Prophylactic Onlay Mesh Implantation During Definitive Fascial Closure After Open Abdomen Therapy (PROMOAT): Absorbable or Non-absorbable? Methodical Description and Results of a Feasibility Study
Sebastian Schaaf†, Robert Schwab†, Christoph Güsgen† and Arnulf Willms*†Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, German Armed Forces Central Hospital Koblenz, Koblenz, Germany Front. Surg., 15 December 2020Sec. Visceral...
Results at 3-year follow-up of totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia surgery with long-term resorbable mesh
Ruiz-Jasbon, F., Ticehurst, K., Ahonen, J., Norrby, J., Ivarsson, M-L., Falk, P. Hernia, 2020 Jun;24(3):669-676 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-019-02116-2Abstract IntroductionSynthetic non-resorbable mesh is almost standard in hernia surgery. However, several studies have...
Resorbable mesh avoids post-operative pain compared with permanent mesh in inguinal hernia repair surgery
Inguinal hernia affects almost one third of all men and is one of the most common reasons for having surgery. Unfortunately, chronic post-operative pain is a widespread problem. Now, however, results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study show that...
TEP With Long-Term Resorbable Mesh in Patients With Indirect Inguinal Hernia
Ruiz-Jasbon, F., Ticehurst, K.; Ahonen, J., Norrby, J., Ivarsson, M-L.JSLS. Published: January–March 2018DOI: 10.4293/JSLS.2017.00076Abstract ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of pain and early recurrence in patients with LIH surgically...
Prevention of parastomal hernia in the emergency setting
Lykke, A.1, Andersen, J. F. B.2, Jorgensen, L. N.1, Mynster, T.1 Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery volume 402, pages949–955, 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s00423-017-1596-3Abstract AimThis study assessed safety and efficacy associated with hernia prophylaxis using a retromuscular...
Prophylactic Resorbable Synthetic Mesh to Prevent Wound Dehiscence and Incisional Hernia in High High-risk Laparotomy: A Pilot Study of Using TIGR Matrix Mesh
H. Söderbäck, H. Mahteme, P. Hellman, and G. SandblomPublished online: Front Surg.2016; 3: 28DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2016.00028Abstract Wound dehiscence and incisional hernia are potentially serious complications following abdominal surgery. Although prophylactic...
Value-based Clinical Quality Improvement (CQI) for Patients Undergoing Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
B. Stephan, B. Ramshaw, B. Forman Published: Surg Technol Int. 2015 May;26:135-42.Abstract Patients with complex ventral/incisional hernias often undergo an abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). These operations have a high cost of care and often result in a long...
Inguinal hernia repair using a synthetic long-term resorbable mesh: results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study
F. Ruiz-Jasbon, J. Norrby, M.-L. Ivarsson, S. Björck Published: Hernia. 2014 Oct;18(5):723-30 DOI: 10.1007/s10029-014-1249-1Abstract PurposeConventional meshes for hernia repair and abdominal wall reinforcement are usually made from polypropylene, polyester or other...
Open abdominal wall reconstruction using TIGR® Matrix Surgical Mesh Techniques and outcomes in complex patients AWR, 1 year follow up, white paper
Open abdominal wall reconstruction using TIGR® Matrix Surgical Mesh Techniques and outcomes in complex patientsAWR, 1 year follow up, white paperRamshaw, B., Hjort, H. (2014)Read more ->
Resorbable mesh avoids post-operative pain compared with permanent mesh in inguinal hernia repair surgery
Inguinal hernia affects almost one third of all men and is one of the most common reasons for having surgery. Unfortunately, chronic post-operative pain is a widespread problem. Now, however, results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study show that...
Which patients are at risk for incisional hernias? New data presented at 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery
Burst abdomen and incisional hernias are serious complications in open abdominal surgery. Some risk factors for these complications have been described previously, but their incidence in the entire community, as well as the impact of specific risk factors, is...
Study indicates TIGR Matrix surgical mesh is safe for use as parastomal hernia prevention despite severely contaminated field
At the 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery held in Milan between April 25 and 29, workers at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, presented short-term outcome results on the prevention of parastomal hernia following emergency stoma formation....
Data on the use of TIGR® Matrix in 63 patients with complex abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) presented at the 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery
On Monday April 27, Dr Bruce Ramshaw presented data from the clinical quality improvement (CQI) program performed at Halifax Health Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Several attempts at process improvement were implemented in one hernia program over a three-year...
Insightra medical and Novus scientific announce a strategic alliance around TIGR® Matrix Surgical Mesh technology
Insightra Medical, Inc. and Novus Scientific AB have announced a strategic alliance around Novus’ TIGR® Matrix Surgical Mesh technology for soft tissue repair in the US via Insightra’s national direct sales channel. Made from synthetic polymers, TIGR® Matrix is a...
First patient included in the study PREVMESH – prophylactic resorbable mesh in open abdominal surgery to prevent incisional hernia
More than 140,000 patients in Sweden undergo open abdominal wall surgery every year. Common complications are wound dehiscence and incisional hernias. A wound dehiscence, i.e. a rupture of the wound along the stitches in the fascia, may turn into a complete dehiscence...
Todd Heniford talks TIGR in Becker’s GI and Endoscopy
Todd Heniford, MD, FACS is the Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery and Professor of Surgery at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte. He is also a leading proponent of using surgical outcomes data to support operative decisions. We...
Todd Heniford talks TIGR in Becker’s GI and Endoscopy
Todd Heniford, MD, FACS is the Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery and Professor of Surgery at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte. He is also a leading proponent of using surgical outcomes data to support operative decisions. We...
Resorbable mesh avoids post-operative pain compared with permanent mesh in inguinal hernia repair surgery
Inguinal hernia affects almost one third of all men and is one of the most common reasons for having surgery. Unfortunately, chronic post-operative pain is a widespread problem. Now, however, results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study show that...
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Resorbable mesh avoids post-operative pain compared with permanent mesh in inguinal hernia repair surgery
Inguinal hernia affects almost one third of all men and is one of the most common reasons for having surgery. Unfortunately, chronic post-operative pain is a widespread problem. Now, however, results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study show that...
Which patients are at risk for incisional hernias? New data presented at 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery
Burst abdomen and incisional hernias are serious complications in open abdominal surgery. Some risk factors for these complications have been described previously, but their incidence in the entire community, as well as the impact of specific risk factors, is...
Study indicates TIGR Matrix surgical mesh is safe for use as parastomal hernia prevention despite severely contaminated field
At the 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery held in Milan between April 25 and 29, workers at Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, presented short-term outcome results on the prevention of parastomal hernia following emergency stoma formation....
Data on the use of TIGR® Matrix in 63 patients with complex abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) presented at the 1st World Conference on Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery
On Monday April 27, Dr Bruce Ramshaw presented data from the clinical quality improvement (CQI) program performed at Halifax Health Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. Several attempts at process improvement were implemented in one hernia program over a three-year...
Insightra medical and Novus scientific announce a strategic alliance around TIGR® Matrix Surgical Mesh technology
Insightra Medical, Inc. and Novus Scientific AB have announced a strategic alliance around Novus’ TIGR® Matrix Surgical Mesh technology for soft tissue repair in the US via Insightra’s national direct sales channel. Made from synthetic polymers, TIGR® Matrix is a...
First patient included in the study PREVMESH – prophylactic resorbable mesh in open abdominal surgery to prevent incisional hernia
More than 140,000 patients in Sweden undergo open abdominal wall surgery every year. Common complications are wound dehiscence and incisional hernias. A wound dehiscence, i.e. a rupture of the wound along the stitches in the fascia, may turn into a complete dehiscence...
Todd Heniford talks TIGR in Becker’s GI and Endoscopy
Todd Heniford, MD, FACS is the Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery and Professor of Surgery at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte. He is also a leading proponent of using surgical outcomes data to support operative decisions. We...
Todd Heniford talks TIGR in Becker’s GI and Endoscopy
Todd Heniford, MD, FACS is the Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery and Professor of Surgery at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte. He is also a leading proponent of using surgical outcomes data to support operative decisions. We...
Resorbable mesh avoids post-operative pain compared with permanent mesh in inguinal hernia repair surgery
Inguinal hernia affects almost one third of all men and is one of the most common reasons for having surgery. Unfortunately, chronic post-operative pain is a widespread problem. Now, however, results from a 3-year prospective safety and performance study show that...