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Publication:

Surgical Technology International XVI - General Surgery

Article title:

Hernioplasty with Surgisis® Inguinal Hernia Matrix (IHM)™

Author(s)

Stefano Gagliardi, M.D.
Senior Resident Surgeon

 

Luca Ansaloni, M.D.
Consultant Surgeon

 

Fausto Catena, M.D.
Consultant Surgeon

 

Filippo Gazzotti, M.D.
Senior Resident Surgeon

 

Luigi D'Alessandro, M.D.
Head Consultant Surgeon

 

Antonio Daniele Pinna, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor

 

Unit of General, Emergency and Transplant Surgery, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

Abstract

Although at present nonabsorbable meshes are the preferred material for tension-free hernioplasty, some problems with their use are still to be addressed (i.e., chronic pain and infections). To address these disadvantages, a collagen-based material, the porcine small intestinal submucosa mesh, has recently been developed for hernia repair. The technique to use this material in performing an hernioplasty is described. A preshaped Surgisis® Inguinal Hernia Matrix (IHM)™ is fashioned as appropriate, with a slit 2 cm from its inferior edge to accommodate the spermatic cord, placed for at least 10 min into a dish with room-temperature normosaline to be rehydrated and then transferred to the already prepared and dissected inguinal region. After drawing its tails around the cord, the mesh is sutured to the inguinal ligament with a continuous suture of PDS II 2/0, starting from the pubic tubercle laterally up to the deep orifice. The fixation of the mesh to the internal oblique abdominal muscle and the rectus sheath is accomplished with interrupted stitches. An extra stitch is placed between the two tails to close the new deep orifice. We conclude that an hernioplasty using Surgisis® IHM™ is feasible with promising results.