IMPROVED ABSORBABLE PATCH, IN REINFORCED PGA, FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF A PORTION OF BLADDER WALL FOLLOWING PARTIAL CYSTECTOMY.

摘要

A description is given of a patch (1) for the replacement of a portion of bladder wall, following partial cystectomy, comprising a textile (2) deriving from a PGA yarn and provided with a star-shaped support frame, flexible and harmonic, formed by a plurality of radial strips (3) manufactured by injection of a PGA/PLA copolymer, said patch (1) being suitable for making autologous fibrous capsule cells, generated by the process of tissue reconstruction, grow thereon after its insertion inside the patient.