A review of recent developments of polypropylene surgical mesh for hernia repair

Mesh has been used as a superior option to suture for reinforcing the weak abdominal wall during hernia surgery. As a result, there have been many attempts to make this fibre-based mesh more suitable for the host body. Researchers have explored different materials, designs and manufacturing techniques to improve the commercially available surgical meshes. In addition, surface modification has been widely used to modify and develop different...