THE INFLUENCE OF REPERITONIZATION ON THE INDUCTION OF FORMATION OF INTRAPERITONEAL ADHESIONS BY A POLYPROPYLENE MESH PROSTHESIS - AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY IN RATS

The correction of groin hernias has increasingly been performed by tra nsperitoneal videolaparoscopic methods, using a polypropylene mesh, Th is could lead to an increased incidence of adhesion formation. The inc idence of adhesions induced by mesh placement and the influence of rep eritonization was observed on 40 male adult Wistar rats. Adhesions wer e significantly more common on the groups in which the prosthesis was placed (59% vs 95%; p = 0.01), as well as on the groups in which reper itonization was performed (58% vs 100%; p = 0.03), The results suggest that polypropylene mesh placement and reperitonization are each indep endent factors in the induction of adhesions formation.