Coatings for Permanent Meshes Used to Enhance Healing in Abdominal Hernia Repair: A Scoping Review

Hernia meshes are used to reduce recurrence and pain rates, but the rates are still high. This could be improved with coatings of the mesh. This scoping review aimed to provide an overview of mesh coatings used to promote healing in abdominal hernia repair and to report beneficial and unbeneficial effects.