surgical mesh
Internal repair fabric
Surgical mesh is a medical device made of synthetic or biological material, implanted to reinforce weakened tissue during hernia repairs or pelvic floor reconstructions.
The mesh acts as a scaffold, allowing tissue to grow through its pores.
Complications from certain mesh products—chronic pain, erosion, infection—have prompted lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny: She joined a class action over defective surgical mesh.
- hernia repairSurgery fixing organ protrusion
- polypropyleneVersatile thermoplastic resin
- polyesterSynthetic petroleum-based fabric
- medical deviceTool for clinical use
- collagenStructural body protein
silicone · infection risk · prolapse · erosion · laparoscope · transvaginal · biocompatible · surgery · incision · peritoneum · adhesion · recurrence · class action lawsuit · rejection · pelvic · abdominal · abdominal wall · tension
- medical equipmentstethoscope, AED, syringe, hospital bed, thermometer
- meshnetting, net, chicken wire, hardware cloth, chain link
- medical technologypacemakers, pacemaker, defibrillator, ventilator, MRI technology
- hernia repair
- surgical advancesrobotic surgery, minimally invasive, laparoscopy, microsurgery, telesurgery
- medical fabricsgauze, bandages, wound dressings, hospital gowns, absorbent pads
surgical meshsutures
Medical wound closures
stitches · surgical staples · staples · surgical glue · steri-strips