Development and preliminary characterisation of novel textiles for abdominal hernia repair

Abdominal hernia repair is routinely done using surgical meshes.So far, no ideal hernia mesh exists and the majority of investigations are focused on the analysis and implementation of a wide range of materials: meshes with different fiber size and porosity, a variety of manufacturing methods, and certainly a variety of surgical and implantation procedures.Currently, surface modification methods and also development of nanofiber-based systems are actively being explored as areas of opportunity to retain material strength and increase biocompatibility of available meshes.Within this line of thought, we have developed novel polyester (PES) and polyamide (PA) surgical meshes for abdominal hernia repair and we have shown they have good biocompatibility.