Method of using a surgical repair mesh
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorDennis F. Devereux
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Abstract
A polyglycolic acid mesh sling sewn above the pelvic inlet prevents small bowel descent into the true pelvis during radiation therapy for various pelvic malignancies.
Claims19
A surgical method of using a material manufactured from a bioabsorbable polymer in a warm-blooded mammal comprising:
- opening the abdomen of said mammal;
- elevating at least one pelvic organ essentially above the true pelvic inlet;
- placing the material beneath the organ or organs from the elevating step;
- attaching said material to the wall of the peritoneal cavity, thereby preventing said organ or organs from descending into said pelvic inlet;
- and
- closing said abdomen.
A method of using a knitted surgical material in a warm-blooded mammal, said material comprising a plurality of filaments, each filament manufactured from a polymer having a glycolic acid ester linkage, said filaments bundled or twisted into a yarn, and said yarn knitted into said material, the method comprising:
- opening of the abdomen of said mammal;
- elevating at least one pelvic organ essentially out of the true pelvis;
- placing the material beneath the organ or organs from the elevating step;
- attaching said material to the wall of the peritoneal cavity, thereby preventing said organ or organs from descending into said pelvis;
- and
- closing said abdomen.
A method of using a knitted surgical mesh in a warm-blooded mammal, said mesh comprising a plurality of filaments, each filament manufactured from a polymer having a glycolic acid ester linkage, said filaments bundled or twisted into a yarn, and said yarn knitted into a mesh, the method comprising:
- opening the abdomen of said mammal;
- elevating at least the small bowel essentially out of the true pelvis;
- placing said mesh adjacent to the intra-abdominal wall and beneath at least said bowel from the elevating step;
- suturing said mesh to said intra-abdominal wall, thereby preventing at least said bowel from descending into said pelvis;
- and
- closing said abdomen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.