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JUNE 10, 2022

What’s in That Mesh?

Hernia Expert Urges Surgeons to Look More Closely at Meshes They Use and How The Materials Behave in Individual Patients

By Christina Frangou
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Eric Pauli, MD

BELÉN, COSTA RICASurgeons who perform hernia repairs must understand the characteristics of different meshes, including the inflammatory response associated with each product in order to select the best mesh for the patient in front of them, said Eric Pauli, MD, the David L. Nahrwold Professor of Surgery and chief of minimally invasive and bariatric surgery at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

At the 2022 International Hernia Collaboration