Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The use of the mesh and collagen in incisional hernias: invited commentary

  • Reply
  • Published:
Hernia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Witherspoon P, O’Dwyer PJ (2005) Surgeon perspectives on options for ventral abdominal wall hernia repair: results of a postal questionnaire. Hernia 9:259–262

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Sauerland S, Schmedt CG, Lein S, Leibl BJ, Bittner R (2005) Primary incisional hernia repair with or without polypropylene mesh: a report on 384 patients with 5-year follow-up. Langebeck’s Arch Surg 390:408–412

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Flum DR, Horvath K, Koepsel T (2003) Have outcomes of incisional hernia repair improved with time? Population based analysis. Ann Surg 237:129–135

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Korenkov M, Sauerland S, Arndt M, Bograd L, Neugebauer EA, Troidl H (2002) Randomized clinical trial of suture repair, polypropylene mesh or autodermal hernioplasty for incisional hernia. Br J Surg 89:50–56

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Shukla VK, Mongha R, Gupta N, Chahuhan VS, Puneet (2005) Incisional hernia-comparison of mesh repair with Cardiff repair: a university hospital experience. Hernia 9:238–241

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Junge K, Rosch R, Anurov M, Titkova S, Ottinger A, Klinge U, Schumpelick V (2006) Modification of collagen formation using supplemented mesh materials. Hernia [Epub ahead of print]

  7. Gupta A, Zahriya K, Mullens PL, Salmassi S, Keshishian A (2006) Ventral herniorrhaphy: experience with two different biosynthetic mesh materials, Surgisis and Alloderm. Hernia 10:419–425

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital “Sestre Milosrdnice”, Vinogradska 29, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Dinko Vidović

Authors
  1. Dinko Vidović
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Dinko Vidović.

Additional information

This reply refers to the letter available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10029-006-0167-2.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Vidović, D. The use of the mesh and collagen in incisional hernias: invited commentary. Hernia 11, 85–86 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-006-0168-1

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-006-0168-1

Keywords

Search

Navigation