Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Monitor Surgical Meshes

Our results suggest that the actual postoperative mesh position after release of laparoscopic pneumoperitoneum may deviate from its position during surgery. Gross mesh position and configuration differed between patients but did not change within a given patient over the observation period of 3 months after surgery. We did not find a correlation between clinical symptoms and mesh configuration or position. Shrinkage of meshes does occur, yet not as concentric process, but regionally variable, leading to a reduced hernia coverage of up to -20% in the lateral and posterior directions.