Abdominal wall reconstruction by combined use of biological mesh and autogenous pedicled demucosalized small intestinal sheet: a case report

The battle between biological and synthetic meshes in ventral hernia repair

“…New innovative techniques, with the aim to reduce complications in difficult cases, are often presented as case reports as by Wu et al [12] in this issue of Hernia. A technique for bridging a large abdominal wall defect, using a combination of an inlay BM covered by an autogenously derived pedicle from a demucosalized small intestinal sheet on to of the mesh that is finally covered by a skin graft, is described with a successful result up to 8 months.…”

“…Apart from the grading system, the recommendations for use of BM in VHR are included in the VHWG publication [12]. Surgeons like to follow recommendations in their surgical practice.…”