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Background The purported advantage of lightweight large-pore meshes is improved biocompatibility that translates into lesser postoperative pain and earlier rehabilitation. However, there are concerns of increased hernia recurrence rate. We undertook a prospective randomized clinical trial to compare early and late outcome measures with the use of a lightweight (Ultrapro) mesh and heavyweight (Prolene)...
Purpose Laparoscopy has become the standard surgical approach to surgery for gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and hiatal hernia repair with excellent long-term results and high patient satisfaction. However several studies have shown that hiatal hernia repair, especially large hiatus are associated with high recurrence rate. Mesh reinforcement has been proposed for repair of large hiatus hernia...
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