Polyvinylidene fluoride: a suitable mesh material for laparoscopic incisional and parastomal hernia repair!A prospective, observational study with 344 patients

[1] Franz MG(2008)The biology of hernia formation Surg Clin North Am 88 1-15

[2] Millikan KW(2003)Incisional hernia repair Surg Clin North Am 83 1223-1234

[3] Luijendijk RW(2000)A comparison of suture repair with mesh repair for incisional hernia N Engl J Med 343 392-398

[4] Hop WC(2004)Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of suture versus mesh repair of incisional hernia Ann Surg 240 578-583

[5] van den Tol MP(2001)Collagen I/III and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) 1 and 13 in the fascia of patients with incisional hernias J Invest Surg 14 47-54

[6] de Lange DC(2007)Abnormal primary tissue collagen composition in the skin of recurrent incisional hernia patients Am Surg 73 1254-1258

[7] Braaksma MM(2002)Surgical treatment of incisional hernia Br J Surg 89 534-545

[8] IJzermans JN(2008)Minimally invasive ventral herniorrhaphy: an analysis of 6,266 published cases Hernia 12 9-22

[9] Boelhouwer RU(2007)The suturing concept for laparoscopic mesh fixation in ventral and incisional hernia repair: mid-term analysis of 400 cases Surg Endosc 21 391-395

[10] de Vries BC(2007)Laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias: a single surgeon’s experience in 66 patients Dis Colon Rectum 50 1668-1673

[1] Franz MG(2008)The biology of hernia formation Surg Clin North Am 88 1-15

[2] Millikan KW(2003)Incisional hernia repair Surg Clin North Am 83 1223-1234

[3] Luijendijk RW(2000)A comparison of suture repair with mesh repair for incisional hernia N Engl J Med 343 392-398

[4] Hop WC(2004)Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of suture versus mesh repair of incisional hernia Ann Surg 240 578-583

[5] van den Tol MP(2001)Collagen I/III and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) 1 and 13 in the fascia of patients with incisional hernias J Invest Surg 14 47-54

[6] de Lange DC(2007)Abnormal primary tissue collagen composition in the skin of recurrent incisional hernia patients Am Surg 73 1254-1258

[7] Braaksma MM(2002)Surgical treatment of incisional hernia Br J Surg 89 534-545

[8] IJzermans JN(2008)Minimally invasive ventral herniorrhaphy: an analysis of 6,266 published cases Hernia 12 9-22

[9] Boelhouwer RU(2007)The suturing concept for laparoscopic mesh fixation in ventral and incisional hernia repair: mid-term analysis of 400 cases Surg Endosc 21 391-395

[10] de Vries BC(2007)Laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias: a single surgeon’s experience in 66 patients Dis Colon Rectum 50 1668-1673