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Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques
Biomaterials and their applications are perhaps among the most dynamic areas of research within the field of biomedicine. Any advance in this topic translates to an improved quality of life for recipient patients. One application of a biomaterial is the repair of an abdominal wall defect whether con...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34073902 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14112790 |
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author | Rodríguez, Marta Gómez-Gil, Verónica Pérez-Köhler, Bárbara Pascual, Gemma Bellón, Juan Manuel |
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description | Biomaterials and their applications are perhaps among the most dynamic areas of research within the field of biomedicine. Any advance in this topic translates to an improved quality of life for recipient patients. One application of a biomaterial is the repair of an abdominal wall defect whether congenital or acquired. In the great majority of cases requiring surgery, the defect takes the form of a hernia. Over the past few years, biomaterials designed with this purpose in mind have been gradually evolving in parallel with new developments in the different surgical techniques. In consequence, the classic polymer prosthetic materials have been the starting point for structural modifications or new prototypes that have always strived to accommodate patients’ needs. This evolving process has pursued both improvements in the wound repair process depending on the implant interface in the host and in the material’s mechanical properties at the repair site. This last factor is important considering that this site—the abdominal wall—is a dynamic structure subjected to considerable mechanical demands. This review aims to provide a narrative overview of the different biomaterials that have been gradually introduced over the years, along with their modifications as new surgical techniques have unfolded. |
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spelling | pubmed-81973462021-06-13 Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques Rodríguez, Marta Gómez-Gil, Verónica Pérez-Köhler, Bárbara Pascual, Gemma Bellón, Juan Manuel Materials (Basel) Review Biomaterials and their applications are perhaps among the most dynamic areas of research within the field of biomedicine. Any advance in this topic translates to an improved quality of life for recipient patients. One application of a biomaterial is the repair of an abdominal wall defect whether congenital or acquired. In the great majority of cases requiring surgery, the defect takes the form of a hernia. Over the past few years, biomaterials designed with this purpose in mind have been gradually evolving in parallel with new developments in the different surgical techniques. In consequence, the classic polymer prosthetic materials have been the starting point for structural modifications or new prototypes that have always strived to accommodate patients’ needs. This evolving process has pursued both improvements in the wound repair process depending on the implant interface in the host and in the material’s mechanical properties at the repair site. This last factor is important considering that this site—the abdominal wall—is a dynamic structure subjected to considerable mechanical demands. This review aims to provide a narrative overview of the different biomaterials that have been gradually introduced over the years, along with their modifications as new surgical techniques have unfolded. MDPI 2021-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8197346/ /pubmed/34073902 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14112790 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Rodríguez, Marta Gómez-Gil, Verónica Pérez-Köhler, Bárbara Pascual, Gemma Bellón, Juan Manuel Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques |
title | Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques |
title_full | Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques |
title_fullStr | Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques |
title_full_unstemmed | Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques |
title_short | Polymer Hernia Repair Materials: Adapting to Patient Needs and Surgical Techniques |
title_sort | polymer hernia repair materials: adapting to patient needs and surgical techniques |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34073902 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14112790 |
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