VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH BARBED SUTURE

摘要

The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for the repair ofventralhernias. The method includes the steps of providing a needle; providing abarbed suturehaving a distal end attached to said needle; providing a surgical mesh;rolling said surgicalmesh, said barbed suture, and said needle to form a rolled mesh having saidneedle orientedsubstantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said rolled mesh;transferring said rolled meshinto a body cavity via a laparoscopic device; unrolling and laying saidsurgical mesh under aventral hernia in an abdominal wall; threading said needle and barbed suturethrough saidsurgical mesh and said abdominal wall; and trimming said barbed suture.