Abstract #0680

First In-Human MR-Visualisation of Surgical Mesh Implants for Inguinal Hernia Treatment.

Nienke Lynn Hansen¹, Alexandra Barabasch¹, Martina Distelmaier¹, Alexander Ciritsis², Nicolas Kuehnert³, Jens Otto³, Joachim Conze³, Christiane K. Kuhl¹, Nils Andreas Kraemer¹

¹Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, NRW, Germany; ²Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, NRW, Germany; ³Department of Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, NRW, Germany

Thirteen patients surgically treated for inguinal hernias using iron-loaded visible mesh implants were examined by MRI on the first postsurgical day. Two conventional gradient echo sequences and a T2-weighted turbo-spin echo (TSE) sequence were used. To achieve best mesh visualization, GRE sequences were preferred, whereas anatomy was depicted best using TSE. Consequently, for optimal diagnosis we propose a combination of both types of sequences.