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. 2017 Dec 21;32(6):2822–2830. doi: 10.1007/s00464-017-5987-x

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Fig. 4 — Graph for the decrease in mesh surface area (shrinkage) as determined with MRI of patients after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with an iron oxide-loaded PVDF mesh. The change in surface area between 1 and 13 month postoperatively is plotted against the mesh surface area measured at 1 month. The full line indicates the mean decrease in mesh surface area (− 0.4 cm²) and the interrupted lines above and below indicate 2 × SD (standard deviation) from the mean (2 × 10.5 cm²)