Millions of abdominal wall repair procedures are performed each year for primary and incisional hernias both in the EU and in the USA with extremely high costs. Synthetic meshes approved for augmenting abdominal wall repair provide adequate mechanical support but have significant drawbacks (seroma formation, adhesion to viscera, stiffness of abdominal wall, and infection). Biologic scaffolds (i.e., derived from naturally occurring materials) represent an alternative to synthetic surgical meshes and are less sensitive to infection. Among biologic scaffolds, extracellular matrix scaffolds promote stem/progenitor cell recruitment in models of tissue remodeling and, in the specific application of abdominal wall repair, have enough mechanical strength to support the repair. However, many concerns remain about the use of these scaffolds in the clinic due to their higher cost of production compared with synthetic meshes, despite having the same recurrence rate. The present review aims to highlight the pros and cons of using biologic scaffolds as surgical devices for abdominal wall repair and present possible improvements to widen their use in clinical practice.

Biological scaffolds for abdominal wall repair: future in clinical application? / Costa, Alessandra; Adamo, Sergio; Gossetti, Francesco; D'Amore, Linda; Ceci, Francesca; Negro, Paolo; Bruzzone, Paolo. - In: MATERIALS. - ISSN 1996-1944. - 12:15(2019), pp. 1-15. [10.3390/ma12152375]

Biological scaffolds for abdominal wall repair: future in clinical application?

Alessandra Costa;Sergio Adamo;Francesco Gossetti;Linda D'Amore;Francesca Ceci;Paolo Negro;Paolo Bruzzone
2019

Abstract

Millions of abdominal wall repair procedures are performed each year for primary and incisional hernias both in the EU and in the USA with extremely high costs. Synthetic meshes approved for augmenting abdominal wall repair provide adequate mechanical support but have significant drawbacks (seroma formation, adhesion to viscera, stiffness of abdominal wall, and infection). Biologic scaffolds (i.e., derived from naturally occurring materials) represent an alternative to synthetic surgical meshes and are less sensitive to infection. Among biologic scaffolds, extracellular matrix scaffolds promote stem/progenitor cell recruitment in models of tissue remodeling and, in the specific application of abdominal wall repair, have enough mechanical strength to support the repair. However, many concerns remain about the use of these scaffolds in the clinic due to their higher cost of production compared with synthetic meshes, despite having the same recurrence rate. The present review aims to highlight the pros and cons of using biologic scaffolds as surgical devices for abdominal wall repair and present possible improvements to widen their use in clinical practice.
2019
hernia repair; abdominal wall; clinical application; biological biomaterials; ECM
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Biological scaffolds for abdominal wall repair: future in clinical application? / Costa, Alessandra; Adamo, Sergio; Gossetti, Francesco; D'Amore, Linda; Ceci, Francesca; Negro, Paolo; Bruzzone, Paolo. - In: MATERIALS. - ISSN 1996-1944. - 12:15(2019), pp. 1-15. [10.3390/ma12152375]
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