title: [Use of polypropylene (Marlex) prosthesis in the surgical treatment of inguinal and crural hernia].
abstract: High biocompatibility, low cost and easiness in use are most important reasons for the spread of biological prosthesis in inguinal and femoral hernia repairs; this fact has changed the surgical approach to this kind of pathologies. This new approach consists in re-creating a normal anatomic function of the abdominal wall, without new tension between muscles and aponeurotic structures. The authors present their experience after 379 inguinal and femoral hernia repairs between January 1992 and December 1993.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi, Milano, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Toraco-Polmonare.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Campanelli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cavagnoli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buonocore
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gabrielli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bottero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pietri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006550:Hernia, Femoral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011126:Polypropylenes; D013526:Surgical Mesh
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; C016674:Plastipore; D011095:Polyethylenes; D011126:Polypropylenes