W
hat type of immune response does your surgical
mesh elicit in patients? That's a question you
and your surgeons should ask, says Stephen F.
Badylak, DVM, MD, PhD, professor of surgery
at the University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine and deputy director of the McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine.
"There is no biomaterial, regardless of what it's made of, that is
inert. Nothing is inert," he says. "Everything that you put into the
body elicits some type of a response. The question is, is it a favorable
or a non-favorable response? The host's response to the material is
the primary determinant of success. The choice of the most appropri-
ate surgical mesh for each individual patient is the primary determi-
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Achieving Better Hernia Outcomes
Choosing the most appropriate surgical mesh for each individual patient.
• CHOOSE YOUR MESH Some say that choosing the most
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