Virtual Case Study - Matthew Goldblatt, M.D., FACS: Visible tissue responsiveness: Metabolic and fibroblast activity during utilization of a bioabsorbable matrix in abdominal wall reconstruction
Matthew Goldblatt, M.D., FACS, analyzes tissue responsiveness, and the metabolic and fibroblast activity during utilization of a bioabsorbable matrix in abdominal wall reconstruction.
This patient was undergoing treatment for simultaneous colon and rectal cancers and had a prior low anterior colon resection procedure with a diverting ileostomy. The patient developed a significant hernia at his former ostomy site, which necessitated a repair that included a Transverses Abdominas (TAR) muscle release.
Due to the comorbidities and risk factors present, the patient, family and surgeon decided to use GORE® ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial, as part of the hernia repair to reinforce the soft tissue and support the TAR procedure.
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Dr Goldblatt currently practices in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he is Director of The Condon Hernia Institute, Program Director, Department of Surgery and Professor of Surgery at Froedtert Hospital and The Medical College of Wisconsin. He ...