Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than one million hernia surgeries are performed each year. A ...

Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults ...

Abdominal reconstruction in the contaminated or potentially-contaminated abdomen is challenging because of the high risk of re-infection and hernia ... tissue restoration in ways that synthetic ...

Even more promising, the scientists also examined human hernia ... tissue, leading to the development of inguinal hernias. The study was published Feb. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The ...

promotes tissue development. Relimesh can be: cut to the size and shape required, with no delamination of the prosthesis or loss of Polypropylene filaments, all as a result of the special mesh ...

Women harmed by pelvic mesh implants are still waiting for government compensation a year after a major report called for ...

Tissue engineering is a set of methods that can replace or repair damaged or diseased tissues with natural, synthetic, or semisynthetic tissue mimics. These mimics can either be fully functional ...

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

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