title: Mechanical properties of mosquito nets in the context of hernia repair.
abstract: The paper deals with issue of applying mosquito nets as implants in hernia repair, which have already been used in resource-poor developing countries. Uniaxial tensile tests have been conducted on polyester mosquito meshes in two orthogonal directions. Non-linear elastic constitutive laws parameters have been identified to be applied in dense net material models. Mechanical performance of tested mosquito nets has been compared with properties of commercial implants used in treatment of hernia and with properties of human tissue. This study contributes to mechanical knowledge of hernia repair issue by investigation of cheaper alternative to commercial implants.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Structural Mechanics , Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80 - 233 Gdańsk , Poland.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambroziak
authors.affiliation: a Department of Structural Mechanics , Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80 - 233 Gdańsk , Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Szepietowska
authors.affiliation: a Department of Structural Mechanics , Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80 - 233 Gdańsk , Poland.
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lubowiecka
mesh_terms: D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D008954:Models, Biological; D057147:Mosquito Nets; D011091:Polyesters / Q000737:chemistry; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013526:Surgical Mesh
chemical_list: D011091:Polyesters
keywords: Murnaghan model; dense net model; hernia implants; mechanical properties; mosquito net; tensile test