title: A comparison of polypropylene mesh, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch and polyglycolic acid mesh for the repair of experimental abdominal wall defects.
abstract: Abdominal wall defects created in Sprague-Dawley rats were repaired with either polypropylene mesh (PPM), expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch (PTFE) or polyglycolic acid mesh (PGA). Tensiometric studies of abdominal wall strength showed that PPM and PTFE provided a strong repair, but that the fibrous response induced by PGA was insufficient to produce a strong support for abdominal wall reconstruction. The size of the overlap at the interface between the abdominal wall fascia and prosthetic material has a greater effect on wound strength with expanded PTFE than with PPM. This is because of the different pattern of collagen infiltration into each material.
authors.affiliation: Professorial Surgical Unit, Westminster Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Law
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D011126:Polypropylenes; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013526:Surgical Mesh
chemical_list: D011126:Polypropylenes; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene