title: Cyanoacrylate tissue sealant impairs tissue integration of macroporous mesh in experimental hernia repair.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tissue sealants have been proposed as an alternative to permanent fixation devices in hernia repair with the aim of reducing perforation-associated complications and chronic pain. Sealants can be divided into three main categories: synthetic glues (e.g., cyanoacrylate based), biologic products (e.g., fibrin sealant), and genetically engineered polymer protein glues. The beneficial effects of fibrin sealant have been reported in both experimental and clinical hernia repair. However, data on cyanoacrylate glues for mesh sealing are limited.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 20 Sprague-Dawley rats, two hernia defects (1.5 cm in diameter) per animal were created bilaterally in the midline of the abdominal wall. The peritoneum was spared. The lesions were left untreated for 10 days to achieve a chronic condition. Defects then were covered with TI-Mesh xl (2 x 2 cm), which was glued with Glubran-II. The time points of sacrifice were 17 days, 28 days, and 3 months. At autopsy, meshes were biomechanically tested, and histology was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tissue integration of the meshes was impaired at all time points by impenetrable glue plaques. At application sites, the elasticity of the abdominal wall was significantly reduced because of nonresorbed, rigid glue residues.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mesh fixation by Glubran-II impairs tissue integration, elicits inflammation, and unfavorably alters the biomechanics of macroporous mesh and the abdominal wall.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology, Vienna, Austria-Research Center for Traumatology of AUVA, Donaveschingenstr. 13, 1200, Vienna, Austria. rene.fortelny@wienkav.af
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Fortelny
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Petter-Puchner
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Walder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mittermayr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ohlinger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinze
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Redl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013526:Surgical Mesh
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003487:Cyanoacrylates; C421461:glubran 2