Foreign-body reaction of the different meshes.

Immunohistochemical labelling of rabbit macrophages (arrows) using the RAM-11 monoclonal antibody (200x) (top panel). Positive cell percentages recorded after 14 and 90 days of implant (bottom panel). Results are expressed as the mean ± SEM. *, p<0.01 and #, p<0.001 vs. Ventralight^TM at 14 days; |, p<0.01 and †, p<0.001 vs. Ventralight^TM at 90 days; ‡, p<0.05 vs. Bard mesh^TM at 90 days. Prosthetic filaments (F), polyglecaprone film (*). Physiomesh^TM (Phy), new composite mesh (NCM), Ventralight^TM (VL).