Initial Experience with a New Macroporous Partially Absorbable Mesh: Introducing Ultrapro® Advanced™
Handojo Karen, MD, Resident, Meylemans Diederik, MD, Fellow, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium, Devroe Kurt, MD, Consultant, Vermeiren Koen, MD, Consultant, Aelvoet Chris, MD, Consultant, Tollens Tim, MD, Consultant, Head of Department, Department of Abdominal Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium

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Articulating and Reloadable Fixation Devices for Hernia Repair

Alexandra M. Moore, MD, General Surgery Resident, Department of General Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, David C. Chen, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Lichtenstein Amid Clinic at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

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A Complete Sutureless Hernia Repair for Primary Inguinal Hernia The Trabucco Repair: A Tribute to Ermanno Trabucco
Giampiero Campanelli, MD, Professor of Surgery, Insubria University, Varese/Como, Italy, Director , Center of Research and High Specialization for the Pathologies of Abdominal Wall and Surgical Treatment and Repair of Abdominal Hernia, Milan, Italy, President , European Hernia Society, Paris, France, Piero Giovanni Bruni, PHD, Researcher, Insubria University, Varese/Como, Italy, Consultant, Marta Cavalli, PHD, Researcher, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Consultant , Andrea Morlacchi, MD, Resident , Insubria University, Varese/Como, Italy, Resident, Center of Research and High Specialization for the Pathologies of Abdominal Wall and Surgical Treatment and Repair of Abdominal Hernia, Istituto Clinico Sant’Ambrogio , Milan, Italy

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Polyvinylidene Fluoride Mesh (PVDF, DynaMesh^®-IPOM) in The Laparoscopic Treatment of Incisional Hernia: A Prospective Comparative Trial versus Gore^® ePTFE DUALMESH^® Plus
Alessandro Verbo, MD, Assistant Professor, Paolo Pafundi, MD, Alberto Manno, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rocco Bacccaro, MD, Assistant Professor, Augusto Veneziani, MD, Assistant Professor, Rosa Colli, MD, Assistant Professor, Claudio Coco, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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Stapled Mesh Reinforcement Technique (SMART) to Prevent Parastomal Hernias: Our Initial Experience and Review of the Literature
Simona Macina, MD, Resident, Francesca  Mandolfino, MD, PhD, Specialist in General Surgery, Marco Frascio, MD, Professor of Surgery, Marco Casaccia, MD, Professor of Surgery, Cesare Stabilini, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Rosario Fornaro, MD, Professor of Surgery, Tommaso Testa, MD, Consultant, Department of General Surgery, IRCCS San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy

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