"Nanotechnologies Applied to General Surgery and Emergency Surgery: Buckypaper as a New Fixing Method for Prosthetic Materials for the Treatment of Hernia and Incisional Hernia in Laparotomy and Laparoscopic (36P)

"Nanotechnologies Applied to General Surgery and Emergency Surgery: Buckypaper as a New Fixing Method for Prosthetic Materials for the Treatment of Hernia and Incisional Hernia in Laparotomy and Laparoscopic

"Nanotechnologies Applied to General Surgery and Emergency Surgery: The Buckypaper as a New Fixing Method for Prosthetic Materials in the Treatment of Abdominal Wall Hernias, Diaphragmatic Hernias, Diaphragmatic Rupture, Incisional Hernia and Abdominal Wall Disaster in Laparotomy Procedure and Laparoscopic Procedures".

Martinelli, Andrea, M.D., GA Carru, AM Chiaretti, F Faiola, G Ceccarelli, AI Chiaretti, P Consentino, E Valente

"Nanotechnologies applied to General Surgery and Emergency Surgery: The Buckypaper as a new fixing method for prosthetic materials in the treatment of abdominal wall hernias, diaphragmatic hernias, diaphragmatic rupture, incisional hernia and abdominal wall disaster in laparotomy procedure and laparoscopic procedures". Experimentation on breed pig Lantrace ANIMAL MODEL.

PPL Premilene mesh B Braun (ref. 1064435, lot. 112313), PPL Parietene mesh Tyco (ref. PP3030, lot. SIK00587), V-Loc 180 (ref. VLOCL0024, lot. A1D0998), The BP (NanoLab Inc, Newton, MA 02458 USA)

A surgical scar was performed on the abdominal linea alba and carried out deeply into a pocket between large abdominal muscle and abdominal fascia. A pocket was created between the two layers. 5cm PLL prosthesis was implanted and fixed by BP patch. The scar was sutured with absorbable stitches on subcutaneous incision and not absorbable stitches on the cutaneous layer.

PPL Premilene mesh B Braun (ref. 1064435, lot. 112313), PPL Parietene mesh Tyco (ref. PP3030, lot. SIK00587), V-Loc 180 (ref. VLOCL0024, lot. A1D0998)

A surgical scar was performed on the abdominal linea alba and carried out deeply into a pocket between large abdominal muscle and abdominal fascia. A pocket was created between the two layers. 5cm PLL prosthesis was implanted and fixed by absorbable stichtes. The scar was sutured with absorbable stitches on subcutaneous incision and not absorbable suture on the cutaneous layer.

We are testing the time (months/year) of durability without side effects of a new fixing method for prosthetic materials for abdominal wall hernias and wall defects repairing on pig model

time required to position the device during surgery (time is related with probability of side effect during surgery)

Inclusion Criteria: animal model: lantrace female pigs of 20 kg of body weight Exclusion Criteria: any kind of illness in porcine subjects

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