Biomaterials and the evolution of hernia repair III: Biologically derived prosthetic meshes

Abstract

The concept of using biologically based tissues as constructs is not new. For example, tissue-based heart valves have been used in cardiac surgery for more than three decades with excellent clinical success. Using protein fixation techniques, long-term host recognition of cadaveric or porcine antigens have been successfully repressed. © 2008 Springer New York.