Journal of Clinical Case Reports

The Use of Porcine Dermal Collagen Implant in an Extremely Difficult Case of Incisional Hernia Repair

Abstract

Rafał Kieszek, Kalina Jędrzejko, Magdalena Kwapisz, Piotr Domaga?a, Agata Ostaszewska, Piotr Palczewski, Katarzyna Su?kowska and Artur Kwiatkowski

It is not rare, that in patients undergoing multiple laparotomies there is a tissue loss with accompanying surgical site infection that enables abdominal wall closure with the use of the standard techniques. There are no level 1 statements imposing specific procedure in such difficult situations. However, it is generally recognized that synthetic meshes should not be implanted in the contaminated field.