Biological hernia repairs – why not used?

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- 12/14/2021 at 3:57 am #30299
  
  William Bryant
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  Only stumbled across this yesterday. Apparently hernias can be repaired with pig skin.
  
  Why is this not, seemingly an option. Apart from cost what are the disadvantages?
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2103121/The-genius-using-pigskin-hernia-repair–does-NHS-refuse-pay-remarkable-treatment.html
  
  Sorry if covered before. I am a relative newbie still
- 12/14/2021 at 12:45 pm #30304
  
  Good intentions
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  The lack of regulation in the field for new products means that many new products get introduced and sold with claims that turn out to be untrue. This is from 2014.
  
  https://www.consultant360.com/story/porcine-mesh-hernia-grafts-do-not-promote-remodeling-and-collagen-deposition
- 12/14/2021 at 12:48 pm #30306
  
  Good intentions
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  Tela-Bio’s Ovitex is the latest biologic to hit the market. It is made from sheep intestine, but the premise is the same – strip the tissue down to its basic collagen and assume that the human body will remodel it into human tissue.
  
  Dr. Towfigh and Dr. Szotek are both proponents of Ovitex for inguinal hernia repair. Dr. Szotek presents at the big meetings nad has made youtube videos.
  
  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tela-bios-ovitex-reinforced-tissue-110000926.html
- 12/14/2021 at 12:49 pm #30307
  
  Good intentions
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  A couple more links.
  
  https://www.telabio.com/assets/download/OviTex%20Published%20Clinical%20Data.pdf
  
  https://www.telabio.com/assets/download/White-Paper-Mesh-Performance.pdf
- 12/15/2021 at 2:24 am #30312
  
  William Bryant
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  Thanks Good Intentions. With me being a simpleton I was just thinking living or ex living tissue would be better than an artificial product ie mesh.
  
  I’d also like to add I think all your points are very compelling, on each thread, not just this. So I do hope you keep posting – even though I dont understand every single one!!! Maybe do a simpletons guide for people like me!
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