Two errors have been reported by the authors of “Outcomes of Biosynthetic and Synthetic Mesh in Ventral Hernia Repair,” published as e4707 in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, by Sivaraj et al.1
On page 5, left-hand column, first paragraph, second line from the top: “Gore’s Synecore (polytetrafluorethylene fibers combined with a bioabsorbable copolymer scaffold composed of polyglycolic acid and trimethylene carbonate)” should be changed to “GORE BIO-A (bioabsorbable copolymer scaffold composed of polyglycolic acid and trimethylene carbonate).”
On page 5, left-hand column, first paragraph, eight line from the top: “A prospective study of contaminated ventral hernias repaired with Synecore mesh noted a 17% hernia recurrence rate in a population of mainly complex contaminated (77%) cases” should be changed to: “A prospective study (COBRA) of contaminated ventral hernias repaired with BIO-A mesh noted a 17% hernia recurrence rate in a population of mainly complex contaminated (77%) cases.”2
REFERENCES
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