J Korean Soc Traumatol.  2012 Jun;25(2):63-66.

A Case of Traumatic Ventral Hernia Repair with a Porcine Dermal Collagen Graft (Permacol)

• Yu BC
• Chung M

Abstract

Resection of the bowel is necessary for the repair of a ventral hernia after recovery from trauma in some cases. In such instances, polyester or polypropylene meshcannot be used due to the possibility of infection; we had to use biological mesh instead. We report a case in which a traumatic hernia was repaired with Permacol (Covidien, Norwalk, CT, USA). A 42-year-old male patient had been injured by a factory machine seven months prior to admission. At that time, he had abdominal wall injury and small bowel perforation. His abdominal wall had been a defect after operation. A CT scan of the abdomen showed that the left abdominal wall, which is lateral to left rectus abdominis muscle had only one muscle layer, an external oblique muscle, and that a previous abdominal incision had a defect along the entire incision. During the exploration, 10 cm of small bowel was removed due to firm adhesion to the previous surgical scar. Permacol mesh was applied and fixed with transfascial fixations and tacks by using the intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique. There were no complications after the surgery and the patient was discharged without any problems.

Keyword

Biological mesh; Permacol; Ventral hernia repair; Traumatic hernia

MeSH Terms

Abdomen
Abdominal Wall
Adult
Cicatrix
Collagen
Hernia
Hernia, Ventral
Humans
Inlays
Male
Muscles
Polyesters
Polypropylenes
Rectus Abdominis
Transplants
Collagen
Polyesters
Polypropylenes