Use and Indications of Human Acellular Dermis in Ventral Hernia Repair at a Community Hospital

Table 1

Characteristics of the 26 patients who had a recurrent hernia operation with the use of acellular human dermis.

Type of most recent operation
Open	76%
Lap	19%
Unknown	5%
Previous mesh
Human acellular dermis	24%
ePTFE	19%
Composite, bard/ventralex	14%
Proceed surgical mesh	5%
Polypropylene	10%
Suture	14%
Unknown	14%

ePTFE: expanded polytetrafluoroethylene.