title: Clinical experience with an inlay expanded polytetrafluoroethylene soft tissue patch as an adjunct in inguinal hernia repair.
abstract: Fifteen percent of 2,331 inguinal hernias required a biomaterial to effect a tension-free repair. Using the anterior approach, a graft placed deep to the posterior wall fulfills all the requirements of a sound operation. The procedure is normally performed using local anesthesia in an ambulatory facility. Three hundred fifty inguinal hernias were repaired using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene soft tissue inlay patch. Ninety-one percent of the patients had personal follow-up examination with a mean follow-up period of 41.8 months. There were four recurrences.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Services, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Berliner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006085:Graft Survival; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene