Use of Mosquito Net Mesh for Ventral Hernia Repair

Summary

It´s a pilot study, randomized, realized in the Central Hospital "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", SLP, Mexico. Hypothesis: The polyethylene mesh is secure in open ventral repair.

Timeline

Start

2016-07-01

Primary completion

2017-10-30

Completion

2018-03-30

Publications

• Results Sorensen CG, Rosenberg J. The use of sterilized mosquito nets for hernioplasty: a systematic review. Hernia. 2012 Dec;16(6):621-5. doi: 10.1007/s10029-012-0973-7. Epub 2012 Aug 3.
• Results Tangaokar RR, Sanders DL, Kingsnorth AN (2013) Ten-Year Personal Experience of Using Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Mesh for Inguinal Hernia Repair. Trop Med Surg 1: 136. doi:10.4172/2329-9088.1000136
• Results Lofgren J, Nordin P, Ibingira C, Matovu A, Galiwango E, Wladis A. A Randomized Trial of Low-Cost Mesh in Groin Hernia Repair. N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 14;374(2):146-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1505126.
• Results Gundre NP, Iyer SP, Subramaniyan P. Prospective randomized controlled study using polyethylene mesh for inguinal hernia meshplasty as a safe and cost-effective alternative to polypropylene mesh. Updates Surg. 2012 Mar;64(1):37-42. doi: 10.1007/s13304-011-0103-6. Epub 2011 Aug 18.
• Results Stephenson BM, Kingsnorth AN. Safety and sterilization of mosquito net mesh for humanitarian inguinal hernioplasty. World J Surg. 2011 Sep;35(9):1957-60. doi: 10.1007/s00268-011-1176-6.
• Results Tongaonkar RR, Reddy BV, Mehta VK et al (2003) Preliminary multicentric trial of cheap indigenous mosquito-net cloth for tension free hernia repair. Indian J Surg 65:89-95
• Results Stephenson BM, Kingsnorth AN. Inguinal hernioplasty using mosquito net mesh in low income countries: an alternative and cost effective prosthesis. BMJ. 2011 Dec 15;343:d7448. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7448. No abstract available.
• Results Sanders DL, Kingsnorth AN, Stephenson BM. Mosquito net mesh for abdominal wall hernioplasty: a comparison of material characteristics with commercial prosthetics. World J Surg. 2013 Apr;37(4):737-45. doi: 10.1007/s00268-012-1900-x.
• Results Sanders DL, Kingsnorth AN, Moate R, Steer JA. An in vitro study assessing the infection risk of low-cost polyethylene mosquito net compared with commercial hernia prosthetics. J Surg Res. 2013 Aug;183(2):e31-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.01.047. Epub 2013 Feb 15.
• Results Sanders DL, Kingsnorth AN. Operation hernia: humanitarian hernia repairs in Ghana. Hernia. 2007 Oct;11(5):389-91. doi: 10.1007/s10029-007-0238-z. Epub 2007 Jun 12.
• Results Wilhelm TJ, Freudenberg S, Jonas E, Grobholz R, Post S, Kyamanywa P. Sterilized mosquito net versus commercial mesh for hernia repair. an experimental study in goats in Mbarara/Uganda. Eur Surg Res. 2007;39(5):312-7. doi: 10.1159/000104402. Epub 2007 Jun 25.
• Results Wiessner R, Kleber T, Ekwelle N, Ludwig K, Richter DU. In-vitro examination of the biocompatibility of fibroblast cell lines on alloplastic meshes and sterilized polyester mosquito mesh. Hernia. 2017 Jun;21(3):407-416. doi: 10.1007/s10029-016-1550-2. Epub 2016 Nov 23.
• Results Sharma M, Sharma DB, Chandrakar SK, Sharma D. Histopathological Comparison of Mosquito Net with Polypropylene Mesh for Hernia Repair: An Experimental Study in Rats. Indian J Surg. 2015 Dec;77(Suppl 2):511-4. doi: 10.1007/s12262-013-0904-6. Epub 2013 Apr 25.
• Results Ambroziak A, Szepietowska K, Lubowiecka I. Mechanical properties of mosquito nets in the context of hernia repair. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2016 Feb;19(3):286-296. doi: 10.1080/10255842.2015.1016004. Epub 2015 Mar 10.
• Results Patterson T, Currie P, Patterson S, Patterson P, Meek C, McMaster R. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the post-operative adverse effects associated with mosquito net mesh in comparison to commercial hernia mesh for inguinal hernia repair in low income countries. Hernia. 2017 Jun;21(3):397-405. doi: 10.1007/s10029-017-1608-9. Epub 2017 Apr 13.
• Results Koziel S, Mitura K, Papaj P, Lorenc Z. Tension-Free Mosquito Net Mesh Inguinal Hernioplasty - an Alternative Exclusively for the Third World? Pol Przegl Chir. 2015 Feb;87(2):102-7. doi: 10.1515/pjs-2015-0027. No abstract available.

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