Clinical Value of Hernia Mesh Pathology Evaluation Negin Fadaee, AA, Laura Mazer, MD, Rajeev Sharma, MD, Isabel Capati, RN, BSN, Bonnie Balzer, MD, PhD, Shirin Towfigh, MD, FACS Journal of the American College of Surgeons Volume 228, Issue 5, Pages 776-781 (May 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.038 Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Online survey of international group of hernia surgeons. n = 122.8 Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 776-781DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.038) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Explanted mesh for gross evaluation only. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 776-781DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.038) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Microscopic pathology slide of explanted mesh and adjacent muscle tissue. (A) Foreign-body giant cell reaction, (B) fibrosis, (C) chronic inflammation, and (D) refractile exogenous material, likely suture or mesh. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 776-781DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.038) Copyright © 2019 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions