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On June 13, 2016, Health Canada issued a recall of Ethicon's Physiomesh Flexible Composite Mesh Product used for ventral hernia repair. [13] The product had been on the Canadian market since September 2010 and patients claimed a range of complications following surgery. [14]
Options for mesh include either synthetic or biologic. Synthetic mesh provides the option of using "heavyweight" as well as "lightweight" variations according to the diameter and number of mesh fibers. [34] Lightweight mesh has been shown to have fewer complications related to the mesh itself than its heavyweight counterparts. [35]
When herniotomy is combined with a reinforced repair of the posterior inguinal canal wall with autogenous (patient's own tissue) or heterogeneous material such as prolene mesh, it is termed hernioplasty as opposed to herniorrhaphy, in which no autogenous or heterogeneous material is used for reinforcement. [citation needed]
The doctors rushed to their little patient covered by surgical gowns. The boy was intubated, so Golubchenko couldn't check if he was actually OK. "I ran in the corridor to find an Ambu bag.
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TreeHouse Foods announced the voluntary recall after finding an issue during routine testing at one of their manufacturing facilities. The waffle products come in many varieties and are sold under ...
Prolene is a brand of synthetic polypropylene used in monofilament nonabsorbable sutures and meshes. The suture is indicated for skin closure and general soft tissue approximation and ligation. Its advantages include minimal tissue reactivity and durability.
The recall, initiated out of concern over potential Listeria contamination, impacts a wide variety of private-label and name brands, including Krusteaz, Kodiak Cakes, Trader Joe’s, Walmart’s ...