Y Ozog1, Ml Konstantinovic, E Werbrouck, D De Ridder, E Mazza, J Deprest. 1. Center for Surgical Technologies, Faculty of Medicine The Pelvic Floor Unit, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether anisotropy persisted after incorporation into the host, using a standardised rabbit model for abdominal wall reconstruction. DESIGN: Investigator-initiated prospective-controlled experimental study. SETTING: Centre for Surgical Technologies, Medical Faculty KU-Leuven. SAMPLE: Fifteen New Zealand White rabbits. METHODS: In each rabbit, four full thickness primarily repaired abdominal wall defects were covered by a 4 × 5-cm Prolift+M implant (Johnson & Johnson, Norderstedt, Germany), either with the stiffest (n = 6 rabbits) or most elastic (n = 6) direction parallel to the body axis. Prolift+M contains 32 g/m² polypropylene, reinforced with polyglecaprone fibres. Harvesting was performed after 30, 60 and 120 days (n = 2 each time-point). The abdominal wall of three unoperated rabbits was used as negative control. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Contraction, compliance and maximal strain and stress determined by uniaxial tensiometry. RESULTS: Anisotropy properties persist at lower, more physiological displacements, but not at higher displacements. The stiffness of a mesh-augmented repair in the lower strain range remains above that of native tissue. Eventual mesh contraction was limited to 4.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Anisotropic properties of Prolift+M persist in vivo and shrinkage is minimal. Compliance of mesh-augmented repair remains less than that of native tissue. The functional consequences of this remain to be studied.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether anisotropy persisted after incorporation into the host, using a standardised rabbit model for abdominal wall reconstruction. DESIGN: Investigator-initiated prospective-controlled experimental study. SETTING: Centre for Surgical Technologies, Medical Faculty KU-Leuven. SAMPLE: Fifteen New Zealand White rabbits. METHODS: In each rabbit, four full thickness primarily repaired abdominal wall defects were covered by a 4 × 5-cm Prolift+M implant (Johnson & Johnson, Norderstedt, Germany), either with the stiffest (n = 6 rabbits) or most elastic (n = 6) direction parallel to the body axis. Prolift+M contains 32 g/m² polypropylene, reinforced with polyglecaprone fibres. Harvesting was performed after 30, 60 and 120 days (n = 2 each time-point). The abdominal wall of three unoperated rabbits was used as negative control. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Contraction, compliance and maximal strain and stress determined by uniaxial tensiometry. RESULTS: Anisotropy properties persist at lower, more physiological displacements, but not at higher displacements. The stiffness of a mesh-augmented repair in the lower strain range remains above that of native tissue. Eventual mesh contraction was limited to 4.3%. CONCLUSIONS: Anisotropic properties of Prolift+M persist in vivo and shrinkage is minimal. Compliance of mesh-augmented repair remains less than that of native tissue. The functional consequences of this remain to be studied.
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