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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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Better AWR Outcomes. Reinforced by Data. Critical healing period and repair strength
GORE® BIO-A® Tissue Reinforcement provides a unique 3D tissue-building scaffold that elicits a specific tissue response during the critical wound healing period.
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Biosynthetic Tissue Scaffold Recruits Progenitor Cells in Muscle Tissue Healing Model
This study demonstrates that the open, porous structure of the GORE® BIO-A® Tissue Reinforcement is able to recruit the Pax7+ cells residing in host muscle, a critical step in muscle regeneration.
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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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Tissue Reinforcement with GORE® BIO-A® Material in Large Hiatal Hernias: A Prospective Clinical Study
GORE® BIO-A® Tissue Reinforcement is a three dimensional resorbable mesh which has demonstrated to be a ideal “scaffold” facilitating tissue generation and healing without the risk of a non-resorbable implant.
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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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28-Day Strength Charts: GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial
GORE® SYNECOR Biomaterial PTFE Knit provides greater strength for the duration of hernia repair.
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Retromuscular hernia repair using GORE® ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial with percutaneous suture fixation
John P. Fischer, M.D., MPH, FACS, is a specialist in abdominal wall reconstruction. This is a surgical technique video demonstrating retromuscular repair using GORE® ENFORM Preperitoneal Biomaterial with percutaneous fixation.
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Robotic Sugarbaker Repair of a Parastomal Hernia utilizing GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial
Karl A. LeBlanc, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS performs a Sugarbaker Repair of a Parastomal Hernia Utilizing GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial 15 cm x 20 cm Synthetic Hybrid Mesh.
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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: 13 Months Post Implantation
GORE® SYNECOR Intraperitoneal Biomaterial Lap ventral hernia repairs