Synthetic mesh is more effective for correcting vaginal prolapse than using a woman's own tissue, but the overall benefit is small, according to a fresh look at some past research. In vaginal prolapse ...

Specialists have decreased their use of mesh for recurrent vaginal pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair, according to a recent survey. This followed the July 2011 warning by the FDA that vaginal mesh ...

You've seen the commercials and heard the negative news about surgical mesh – and you're probably wondering if it's safe. You're not alone. Many people who need hernia repair have this concern. Dr.

Can a single-stage repair of a contaminated abdominal wall defect be safely performed using a biodegradable biologic mesh? The authors presented the results from a series of 128 patients who all had ...

Tension-free crural repair with nonabsorbable mesh did not reduce the incidence of hiatal hernia recurrence in patients undergoing antireflux surgery for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease ...

The new surgical meshes can be used in procedures like hernia repair are an all-too common source of surgical complications like infection and non-healing wounds, many of which develop more than a ...

Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

Chronic pain is a common and feared complication of ventral hernia repair. Pain affects up to 39% of the estimated 348,000 Americans who annually undergo ventral hernia repair. Pain may contribute to ...

Patients who undergo mesh surgery for an abdominal hernia are less likely to experience a hernia recurrence than those who have surgery using sutures only, a review of nine studies finds. Both ...