Comparative outcomes of bioabsorbable poly-4-hydroxybutyrate versus synthetic mesh in ventral hernia repair: A propensity-matched cohort study
Kartik S Akkihal, Kelly M Dickerson, Anya Ittiruck, Gerald O Ogola, Christine Wang, Mazen Iskander, Steven G Leeds, Marc A Ward, Bola Aladegbami · 2026
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Kartik Akkihal and eight co-authors published a surgical cohort study in twenty twenty-six comparing meshes for ventral hernia repair. Poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh slowly dissolves in the body, unlike permanent synthetic mesh. Surgeons tend to choose it for the hardest, contaminated cases, which skews simple comparisons.
The single-center study covered four hundred three repairs from twenty fourteen to twenty twenty-five. Patients with the absorbable mesh had bigger defects, worse hernia grades, and dirtier wounds at the outset. To compare fairly, the team matched those patients one-to-one with synthetic mesh patients on age, weight, diabetes, wound class, and hernia size. Recurrence and infection outcomes in the matched groups are the study's core result.
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| CREATOR | Kartik S Akkihal, Kelly M Dickerson, Anya Ittiruck, Gerald O Ogola, Christine Wang, Mazen Iskander, Steven G Leeds, Marc A Ward, Bola Aladegbami |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |