RCT: In patients with contaminated ventral hernias undergoing repair, synthetic Mesh reduced hernia recurrence risk compared with biologic Mesh.

Biologic vs Synthetic Mesh for Single-stage Repair of Contaminated Ventral Hernias: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

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Multicenter randomized clinical trial found synthetic mesh demonstrated significantly lower hernia recurrence risk than biologic mesh in patients undergoing single-stage repair of clean-contaminated and contaminated ventral hernias. https://t.co/CADZPSYGBc

— JAMA Surgery (@JAMASurgery) January 19, 2022