Hernia Repair & Fixation
ULTRAPRO ADVANCED™
Introducing ULTRAPRO ADVANCED ™ Macroporous Partially Absorbable Mesh for inguinal and ventral hernia repair – Advanced design to help optimize patient outcomes and ease of use
Advanced features of ULTRAPRO ADVANCED ™ Mesh
- Physiologically designed for comfortable healing
- Flexible in a way that approximates the natural movement of the abdominal wall, with 2:1 stretch416,444-446,489,¥,†
- Unique knitted mesh construction promotes good tissue ingrowth/tissue integration446,‡
- Balanced strength for strong and lasting repair
- High suture pullout strength445
- High tensile strength445
- Withstands ≈2x maximum intraabdominal pressure445,448
- No bulge visible in a preclinical study at 28 days and 91 days446,€
- Designed for exceptional intraoperative handling
- Increased initial stiffness for easier handling445,§
- Springs open for easier deployment in laparoscopic repairs
- Packaged flat, without folds, for easier positioning
- Blue stripes facilitate orienting and positioning the mesh449
- Trimmable based on surgeon’s discretion, while leaving sufficient overlap to help prevent recurrence449
- Significant reduction in pain score at 1 year postsurgery versus presurgery343,*
- The IHMR uses the Carolinas Comfort Scale (CCS), a validated, hernia-specific quality-of-life tool for assessing early and long-term symptoms following hernia repair491
- The CCS uses a 6-point scale from 0 (no symptoms) to 5 (disabling symptoms)491
Built on the proven technology of ULTRAPRO® Macroporous Partially Absorbable Mesh343,347
ULTRAPRO Mesh was shown to offer continuous short- and long-term improvement in return to daily activities494,‡
ULTRAPRO ADVANCED™ Macroporous Partially Absorbable Mesh is comprised of the same material as ULTRAPRO® Partially Absorbable Lightweight Mesh
For complete indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and adverse reactions, please reference full package insert.
- * Data from a prospective, longitudinal study of 470 patients receiving laparoscopic hernia repair with ULTRAPRO flat mesh from the IHMR (96.6% inguinal, 3.4% other).343
- ‡ Prospective study of 90 patients undergoing laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) Inguinal repair using ULTRAPRO Mesh at a single specialist institution. Follow-up at 15 months included 89 patients using ULTRAPRO Mesh. These results are from a larger study that compared ULTRAPRO Mesh with PROLENE® Mesh. Data shown are for ULTRAPRO Mesh only. PROLENE Mesh may be appropriate for certain patients.494
- ¥ The abdominal wall stretches 2:1 at the linea alba (longitudinal to transversal).416
- † Compared with ULTRAPRO Macroporous Partially Absorbable Mesh, which has 4:1 stretch when 2N force applied in stripe tensile test.489
- € Evidence shown in an animal model.446
- § 34% stiffer in transverse direction and 144% stiffer in longitudinal direction.
