TiMESH – Clinical Studies

Peer Reviewed Recommendations
Prospective Clinical Research by Procedure Type


Randomized, Controlled in-Human Clinical Trial Outcomes

RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF GROIN HERNIA REPAIR WITH TITANIUM-COATED LIGHTWEIGHT MESH COMPARED WITH STANDARD POLYPROPYLENE MESH
(PATIENTS: 330) LEVEL 1B
▸ KOCH ET AL. BRITISH J SURG. 2008 (95): P. 1226-1231.

CHRONIC PAIN AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR: A RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF LIGHT AND EXTRALIGHT TITANIZED POLYPROPYLENE MESH
(PATIENTS: 388) LEVEL 1B
▸ SCHOPF ET AL., WORLD J SURG. 2010. DOI 10.1007/S00268-010-0850-4

EARLY POSTOPERATIVE AND ONE YEAR RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING THE IMPACT OF EXTRALIGHT TITANIZED POLYPROPYLENE MESH AND TRADITIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT POLYPROPYLENE MESH ON PAIN AND SEROMA PRODUCTION IN LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR (TAPP)
(PATIENTS:300) LEVEL 1B
▸ BITTNER ET AL., WORD J SURG., 2011. DOI 10.1007/S00268-011-1148-X

LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR IN MEN WITH LIGHTWEIGHT MESHES MAY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIR SPERM MOTILITY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.
(PATIENTS:300) LEVEL 1B
▸ PEETERS ET AL., ANN SURG 252(2): P. 240-246

THE IMPACT OF ATRAUMATIC FIBRIN SEALANT VS. STAPLE MESH FIXATION IN TAPP HERNIA REPAIR ON CHRONIC PAIN AND QUALITY OF LIFE: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED STUDY
(PATIENTS: 54) LEVEL 1B
▸ FORTELNY ET AL., SURG ENDOSC., 2012. (26): P 249-254

SPERM MOTILITY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH LIGHTWEIGHT MESHES: 3-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL.
(PATIENTS: 59) LEVEL 1B
▸ PEETERS ET AL., 2012. DOI 10.1007/S10029-012-1028-9

RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF LAPAROSCOPIC HERNIA REPAIR COMPARING TITANIUM-COATED LIGHTWEIGHT MESH AND MEDIUM-WEIGHT COMPOSITE MESH
(PATIENTS: 51) LEVEL 1B
▸ MORENO-EGEA ET AL., SURG ENDOSC., 2013. 27 (1): P. 231-239.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE SUTURES IN OPEN (LICHTENSTEIN TECHNIQUE) AND LAPAROSCOPIC (TOTALLY EXTRAPERITONEAL ENDOSCOPIC) INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR? A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL WITH TISSUE ADHESIVE (N-HEXYL-α-CYANOACRYLATE)
(PATIENTS: 208) LEVEL 1B
▸ MORENO-EGEA, SURG INNOV., 2014. 21(6): P. 590-599.

TITANIUM-COATED MESH VERSUS STANDARD POLYPROPYLENE MESH IN LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
(PATIENTS: 50) LEVEL 1B
▸ YANG ET AL., HERNIA, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/S10029-018-1823-Z.

‡Kockerling F. Schug-Pass C (2014) What do we know about tetanized polypylene meshes. Hernia 18:445-457