title: A review of available prosthetic material for abdominal wall repair.
abstract: Abdominal wall incisional and inguinal hernia repair can call for utilization of implants or prostheses as an alternative to simple suture techniques. The various implants can be synthetic, biologic or mixed: their physicochemical properties condition the mechanical results and the long-term outcome of the repair. The increasing number of available materials allows the surgeon to choose between a wide variety depending on the indication, the site of implantation, the surgical approach and whether the operative field is contaminated or not. With regard to evidence-based medicine, while several synthetic implants have been shown to be superior in efficacy to simple suture, other studies are underway to develop the indications for bioprostheses, in particular in contaminated fields. This review of the literature summarizes the current knowledge on synthetic and biologic implants (physicochemical characteristics, forms, indications).
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie digestive A, Hôpital Saint-Eloi, CHU de Montpellier, 80, avenue Augustin-Fliche, 34295 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poussier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Denève
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boulay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nedelcu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nocca
mesh_terms: D062088:Acellular Dermis; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D013526:Surgical Mesh
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials