Open AccessUse of bovine pericardium graft for abdominal wall reconstruction in contaminated fields
Author(s) -
Luigi D’Ambra,
Stefano Berti,
Cosimo Feleppa,
Prospero Magistrelli,
Pierfrancesco Bonfante,
Emilio Falcò
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9366
DOI - 10.4240/wjgs.v4.i7.171
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , pericardium , perforation , peritonitis , abdominal wall , hernia , bowel perforation , surgical mesh , complication , materials science , punching , metallurgy
To employ, in such conditions, a biological graft such as bovine pericardium that offers resistance to infection.