Biologic vs. Synthetic Mesh for Single-stage Repair of Contaminated Ventral Hernias with Special Guest Dr. Michael Rosen

Dr. Michael Rosen returns to Behind the Knife – this time to discuss his RCT investigating biologic vs. synthetic mesh for single-stage repair of contaminated ventral hernias. Read the full article here in JAMA Surgery: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2788222

Dr. Rosen is the director for the Center of Abdominal Core Health at the Cleveland Clinic and has written the “Atlas of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction”. Want to learn more about his work and the Hernia Quality Collaborative? Catch up on Dr. Rosen’s previous episode on Behind the Knife: 

Episode #21 (August 15, 2015): Hernias, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Quality Collaboratives
https://behindtheknife.org/podcast/21-hernias-abdominal-wall-recon-and-quality-collaboratives-dr-michael-rosen/

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