A nationwide cohort study has found that using mesh weighing 45–60 g/m² in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair minimized the ...

Although mesh repair had a small reduction in recurrence rates compared with suture repairs for primary ventral hernias, risks for seroma and surgical site infection (SSI) increased, according to a ...

Tension-free crural repair with nonabsorbable mesh did not reduce the incidence of hiatal hernia recurrence in patients undergoing antireflux surgery for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

The new surgical meshes can be used in procedures like hernia repair are an all-too common source of surgical complications like infection and non-healing wounds, many of which develop more than a ...

Patients who undergo mesh surgery for an abdominal hernia are less likely to experience a hernia recurrence than those who have surgery using sutures only, a review of nine studies finds. Both ...