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Andrew S Wright MD

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This prospective, multi-institutional study evaluating P4HB mesh for ventral repair over a 5-year period provides a framework for long-term anticipated outcomes of absorbable mesh use, which is essential due to increased synthetic mesh scrutiny.
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🐦🔗: twitter.com/acsJACS/status/159

Interesting paper. Some important findings in the subanalyses - technique matters. Both longitudinal and lateral overlap are important. Need at least 5cm in all directions (10cm total). Onlay had worse outcomes, but confounded by having less overlap than retromuscular.