Comparative Study of AESCULAP Optilene® Mesh Elastic Versus Ethicon Ultrapro® Mesh in Incisional Hernia Repair

An elective incisional Hernia repair is performed by using Optilene® Mesh Elastic, a lightweight and large pore mesh, knitted from monofilament polypropylene. Due to the multidirectional elasticity the mesh is able to adapt to all movements taking place in the abdominal wall.

Ultrapro® Mesh is a knitted, partly absorbable, lightweight mesh, consisting of equal parts of nonabsorbable polypropylene and absorbable polyglecaprone (Monocryl®). Polyglecaprone is fully absorbed in the body by hydrolysis. The addition of polyglecapron filament is only intended to reinforce the mesh to allow a convenient intraoperative handling and mesh placement, without additional function. Ultrapro® is an elastic mesh having enlarged elasticity cross to the blue strips.