The Use of Biological Meshes in Diaphragmatic Defects – An Evidence-Based Review of the Literature

The widespread use of meshes for hiatal hernia repair has emerged in the era of laparoscopic surgery, although sporadic cases of mesh augmentation of traumatic diaphragmatic rupture have been reported. The indications for biologic meshes in diaphragmatic repair are ill defined. This systematic revie...

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Main Authors: Antoniou, Stavros A., Pointner, Rudolph, Granderath, Frank-Alexander, Köckerling, Ferdinand
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612643/