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Biosynthetics — Know your options
"[Biologic] materials come with only moderate durability, and at substantial financial cost. Slowly absorbable biosynthetic implants, as a class of hernia meshes, represent a possible cost-effective solution. In the final analysis."
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A Cost Comparison of Mesh Usage in Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
The aim of this study was to compare costs of the GORE® BIO-A® Device, ALLERGAN ALLODERM Device, and ALLERGAN STRATTICE Device in relation to the outcomes in terms of length of stay and recurrence rate following PEH repair.
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Patient quality of life with innovative biomaterials: Clinical review with over seven years of follow up
John Scott, MD, FACS, provides a post-operative clinical review of patients' quality of life after a hernia repair.
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Mesh Selection for Hernia Repair: Expert Review of Biologic, Synthetic and Bioabsorbable Types
Today, mesh closure is the standard in hernia repair, a credit to advances in materials and surgical techniques since usher.
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Clinical Experience with GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial
Donald Cugini M.D., presents a case using GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial for umbilical hernia repair.
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Trends, Tools, Trials: Complex Abdominal Wall Repair in 2020
Matthew I. Goldblatt, M.D., FACS, discusses a case study of a patient undergoing treatment for simultaneous colon and rectal cancers and had a prior low anterior colon resection procedure with a diverting ileostomy.
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General Surgery News Special Report: Quality of Life in Ventral and Hiatal Hernia Repair: Review of Long-Term Patient Outcomes in Two Large Case Series
In this issue of General Surgery News Special Report, Eric Mallico, M.D., FACS, describes the quality of life of patients after ventral and hiatal hernia repairs, and reviews long-term patient outcomes.
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Post-Operative View: 18-Months Post-Implantation GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial
Razvan Opreanu, MD, shares an 18-month post operative view using GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial.
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A Patient’s Guide to Hernia Repair
While some hernia defects can disappear if they are pressed, this does not permanently resolve the hernia. In addition, because hernias typically worsen over time, the patient should consult a surgeon after a hernia has been identified.
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Retromuscular hernia repair using GORE® SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial with transfascial suture fixation
John P. Fischer, M.D., MPH, FACS, is a specialist in abdominal wall reconstruction. This is a surgical technique video demonstrating the retromuscular repair using GORE® SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial with transfascial fixation.
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Post-Operative View: 13 Months Post Implantation
GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial Lap ventral hernia repairs![Retromuscular hernia repair using GORE<sup>®</sup> SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial with transfascial suture fixation [Full Version]](http://res.cloudinary.com/broadcastmed/image/fetch/q_auto,c_fill,w_413,h_232,g_faces:center,f_auto/http%3A%2F%2F55933%2Dbcmed%2Es3%2Eamazonaws%2Ecom%2Fbcp%2Fimages%2ForlVideoAssets%2FimgSource%2Fwlg%5F0024%2Epng)
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Retromuscular hernia repair using GORE® SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial with transfascial suture fixation [Full Version]
John P. Fischer, M.D., MPH, FACS, is a specialist in abdominal wall reconstruction. This is a surgical technique video demonstrating a retromuscular repair using GORE® SYNECOR Preperitoneal Biomaterial with transfascial fixation.