Why is mesh, a foreign body, used for hernia repair?
Instead of bunching the tissues together to close a defect a special medical mesh (net) is used to gap the defect. Here the mesh is sutured to the edge of the defect allowing the procedure to be done without tension on the tissues which results in less pain. Also the mesh allows growth of normal tissue into the fabric of the mesh. The mesh itself is made out of special synthetic fibers that are inert. What is the difference between strangulation and incarceration? These two definitions describe a situation in which the hernia content is bulging out through the hernia defect. It can stay out without any danger beside being painful and that describes an incarcerated hernia. In the case of strangulation there is a compromise to the blood supply which makes it an urgent situation requiring urgent treatment. Should I use a hernia belt (hernia support) as treatment? The basic answer is that this hernia belt only gives a temporary and subjective relief for the hernia. It should not be defined
