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. 2002 Oct-Dec;6(4):315–322.

Table 1.

Infection and Recurrence Rates in LIVH Repair

Researcher Year No.of Patients Follow up Mesh Infection Rate % Recurrence Rate %
Park20 1996 30 >18 m PTFE 3.3 3.3
Franklin21 1998 176 1-84 m Polypropylene 1.7 1.1
Costanza22 1998 31 18 m avg PTFE 6.5 3.2
Park23 1998 56 24.1 m avg PTFE/ Polypropylene 0.0 10.7*
Toy24 1998 135 222 days avg PTFE 3.7 4.4
Kyzer25 1999 53 Unavailable PTFE 1.8 1.8
Ramshaw26 1999 79 21 m avg PTFE 2.5 2.5
Reitter27 2000 42 27 m PTFE 2.3 7.1
Heniford11 2000 407 23 m PTFE 2.2 3.4
Gillian28 2000 96 1-60 m Composix 0.0 2.0
Chowbey3 2000 202 2.9 yrs Polypropylene 2.5 1.0
*

Only 2.5-cm overlap used.