P4HB mesh offers a safer, absorbable alternative to polypropylene, reducing infection risk and chronic complications in ventral hernia repair There is little justification for general surgeons to use ...

P4HB mesh offers a safer, fully absorbable alternative to polypropylene, reducing chronic infection and pain without increasing hernia recurrence risk. Phasix mesh, made from P4HB, has properties that ...

When an organ, intestine, or fatty tissue is displaced and protrudes through a hole or weak spot in the nearby muscle or connecting tissue, it’s called a hernia. According to the FDA, more than ...

William Dalton of Hancock was 73 in December 2013, when doctors first attempted to patch the hernia in his belly. But the mesh curled up and failed, and he was back in June 2014 to get another one.

AUSTIN, Texas — More than one million hernia surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. The majority of those surgeries involve plastic mesh. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration ordered ...

Plaintiff alleged infection, abscess caused by defective mesh implant Company still faces more than 26,000 hernia mesh claims in federal and state court April 15 - A jury on Friday ordered Becton, ...

Hernia mesh infections are serious medical complications that result in a prolonged recovery, and sometimes multiple procedures. Polypropylene mesh exposes patients to unreasonable risks.” - Greg ...