Hernia is one of the common conditions affecting a large
percentage of population worldwide. Hernias is a medical condition that occur
when a weakness in the muscular wall of the abdomen allows organs and tissues
to push through. Hernia mesh devices are surgical meshes that are used to
provide additional support to weak/damaged tissue. Most of the hernia mesh
devices are made up of animal tissue or synthetic materials and can be found in
knitted mesh of non-knitted sheet forms.
Hiatal hernias, umbilical hernia, femoral hernia, inguinal
hernia, and abdominal hernia are some the common types of hernia. The U.S. Food
and Drug Administration considers the mesh (hernia mesh devices) used for
hernia repair surgeries to be safe, but admits that complications may occur in
rare cases). The most severe form of these complications can be fatal. More
than 3 million hernia mesh repair surgeries are carried out worldwide every
year, while around 1.2 million hernia mesh repair surgeries are conducted in
the U.S. every year.
Open tension-free repair surgery and laparoscopic hernia
repair surgery are the two most commonly used methods for mesh repair surgery. These
surgical devices are available in various sizes and can often be cut to size
depending on the repair technique or the size of the hernia. Hernia
mesh devices are either placed over the defective area in the abdominal
wall or bellow it, which can hold in place with a few sutures.
Moreover, it is important for physicians to perform proper
tissue closure when they perform surgeries using hernia mesh devices. For
instance, if the wrong tissue is selected to close the repair sites, or if the
tissue used is of a low quality, the device will be rendered ineffective and
may cause the formation of blood clots that lead to the formation of pulmonary
embolism. Such complications arise when the person is left with little to no
blood flow to his circulatory system, as well as the absence of sufficient oxygen.
In either case, the person dies.
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