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USE OF TANTALUM MESH TO REPAIR A LARGE SURGICAL DEFECT IN THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL

R. A. BUSSABARGER, M.D.; M. L. DUMOUCHEL, M.D.; WILLIAM H. IVY, M.D.
JAMA. 1950;142(13):984-985. doi:10.1001/jama.1950.72910310001008.
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Since Koontz1 made his preliminary report on the use of tantalum mesh in the repair of ventral hernias, we have had occasion to use this material in the repair of 5 large ventral incisional hernias. The results in 4 cases were excellent. The fifth patient had five operations prior to repair with tantalum. There were several minor postoperative complications caused by cotton sutures and the avascularity of the skin as the result of the five previous operations, but the patient has had no recurrence of his ventral hernia.

It is now our policy to have a tantalum screen available for use in our operating room at all times. This policy enabled us to attempt a "Brunschwigian" resection rather than a palliative enterocolostomy in a case of adenocarcinoma of the cecum with extensive involvement of the anterior abdominal wall. In order to eradicate the invaded tissue it was necessary to

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