| For forty years, BARD is industrial leader and innovator | | | | The large variety of surgery techniques that approach |
| in the treatment of hernia. BARD is now the only | | | | nowadays primary or recurrent inguinal and femoral |
| company that has a specific product for each | | | | defects have been a surgical challenge. Between |
| important type of hernia. The material of each type of | | | | anarchy and perfectionism, the persistence of a |
| mesh is a polypropylene monofilament interlaced | | | | recurrence rate within 0.5 and 20% requires an |
| network, permeable for the development of the | | | | efficient technical solution, able to satisfy both the |
| granular tissue, which stimulates immediate fibroplasias. | | | | patient and the surgeon. Otherwise, hernia-mesh recall |
| However, the device is made by humans and it has to | | | | class action can be a solution, even if in some cases it |
| interact with the human body, therefore defective | | | | may be too late. |
| mesh hernia-repair patch can lead to hernia-mesh | | | | The path of hernia surgery has suffered dramatic |
| recall class action. | | | | changes as soon as prosthetic materials have been |
| Bard Kugel Patch is the first mesh designed for the | | | | implemented. They have simplified surgical techniques |
| open repair, “tension-free,” pre-peritoneal of | | | | and they have reduced at the same time the |
| hernia. This minimal invading repair, almost suture free in | | | | recurrence rate to 1 - 5%. Besides, their use has led to |
| the posterior pre-peritoneal area is performed through | | | | shorter operations and to a better post operatory |
| an incision of 3-4 cm, under local or regional | | | | condition of the patient. The emergence and the use |
| anaesthesia. Using Bard Kugel Patch, you can obtain a | | | | of the “mini-invading" surgery has required at a |
| real pre-peritoneal repair that covers all the possible | | | | greater extent the implementing of prosthetic materials, |
| defaults and minimize the recurrence risk. Any | | | | but it has risen at the same many controversies that |
| recurrence caused by defective mesh hernia-repair | | | | clinical studies have not solved yet. |
| patch involves hernia-mesh recall class action. | | | | Conversion to prosthetic surgery is obvious in the USA |
| Apart from classical types of meshes (whose size | | | | where, after the 1980s these operations have become |
| can be various), this company also offers meshes that | | | | frequent. Nevertheless, the operation must be |
| are previously cut, with or without a perforation for the | | | | performed by highly proficient doctors, to avoid |
| spermatic channel, in order to reduce losses and to | | | | defective mesh hernia-repair patch. Similar situations |
| reduce the surgery time as well. | | | | are recorded in other American countries as well and |
| Another important product, that is actually unique, is a | | | | gradually prostheses have begun to be used in Europe |
| mesh especially designed for the very complex cases | | | | too. Apparently, prostheses are a surgical |
| of abdominal hernia. This network is made of two | | | | “best-seller” until complications appear. When a |
| layers of normal mesh connected through a Teflon | | | | surgeon faces an intestinal fistula, all the previous |
| layer in order to improve the tissues expansion. It must | | | | successes related to prostheses have no value until |
| be very carefully used in order not to lead to defective | | | | the complication is solved and the patient survives, |
| mesh hernia-repair patch. | | | | without the need of hernia-mesh recall class action. |