Effect of Hyperlipidemia and Plasma Cytokine Levels in Rats after Anterior Abdominal Wall Reconstruction with the Use of Synthetic Endoprostheses.

The effect of hyperlipidemia on the systemic production of cytokines was evaluated in the plasma of rats after anterior abdominal wall reconstruction with polypropylene (Esfil) and polytetrafluorethylene (Ecoflon) endoprostheses. The reference group was formed from animals without hyperlipidemia, in which anterior abdominal wall plasty was carried out with the use of the same endoprostheses. Intact rats without hyperlipidemia and intervention served as the control.

Effects of polypropylene and polytetrafluoroethylene prostheses for abdominal plasty on local and systemic cytokine production.

We studied the effects of Esphyl polypropylene mesh and Ecoflon polytetrafluoroethylene endoprostheses on local and systemic production of cytokines. Polytetrafluoroethylene is a more reactogenic material than polypropylene; it stimulates mainly the local production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The local anti-inflammatory effect of polypropylene was less pronounced, but persisted for longer time.