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Mesh Removal Question
Not relevant to me but one thing I’ve always wondered is after you have a great big piece of mesh and asscociated tissue removed from you how on earth do they fix the hole thats left behind? I know a few members here have had mesh removed
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It’s like removing the patch over a hole from a pair of jeans. The original hole is the same size as it was at the beginning of the repair. Actually, it’s usually smaller, or the tissue weakness is lessened, due to shrinkage and stiffening from collagen deposition.
That’s the premise behind the absorbable meshes. The body’s response to the foreign body causes the defect to stiffen and shrink, then the foreign body, the mesh, gets absorbed. A good idea in concept but apparently not so good in practice.
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