incisional hernia/albumin

Subjects at high risk are defined as having 1 or more of the following co-morbid conditions: body mass index (BMI) between 30-40 kg/m2, inclusive, active smokers, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, immunosuppression, coronary artery disease, chronic corticosteroid use, low

Patients admitted to our transplant surgery inpatient floor for cadaveric kidney transplant surgery will be reviewed with the circle of care team and approached for consent if deemed suitable for this trial. A Nova Scotia Health Authority Research Ethics Board approved informed consent form will be

Purpose and aims Wound dehiscence (WD), i.e. the rupturing of the wound along sutures, and incisional hernias (IH), i.e. protrusion of the peritoneum with its contents through the incompletely healed abdominal wall, are common and potentially serious complications after abdominal surgery. Various

The Buckypaper (BP) is an innovative material that has attracted the attention of many research groups engaged in the study of its possible applications in various technological fields preliminary to human experimentation. In fact the experimentation, preliminary conducted on animal model, will be

The present randomised clinical trial was approved by the research ethics committees of the São Paulo School of Medicine - Federal University of São Paulo (Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP), the State University of Western Paraná (Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná - UNIOESTE) and

The objective of this study is to collect additional data on safety, performance and effectiveness of Phasix™ Mesh in subjects requiring primary ventral, incisional or first-recurrent (protocol version 1.4)/multiply-recurrent (protocol version 2.0) hernia repair in subjects at high risk for