title: Long-term outcome of biologic graft: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Biologic grafts have been shown to support tissue regeneration in various animal models. Very few reports in the literature exist to show tissue remodeling in patients after placement of a biologic graft.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 69-year-old Caucasian man with a history of small bowel carcinoid resection and concurrent recurrent ventral hernia repair with component separation and underlay biologic graft placement who underwent re-operation for metastatic carcinoid tumor to his liver. Complete incorporation of the biologic graft was observed. Tissue analysis of the incised midline fascia revealed tissue remodeling at the site of the previous abdominal wall defect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Placement of a biologic graft in ventral hernia repair supports tissue regeneration similar to that previously reported in animal models.
authors.forename: Kim-Phung
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zotos
authors.affiliation: Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University, 3635 Vista at Grand Blvd, St, Louis, MO 63110, USA. hsuehec@slu.edu.
authors.forename: Eddy C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hsueh
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014945:Wound Healing