Indications

TUTOPATCH® is used as replacement or re-strengthening of connective tissues or in many disciplines including:

(These indications are not a complete list of possible therapeutic uses for TUTOPATCH®):

• Urology: Penis Enlargement Surgery, Peyronie's, Strengthening of sutures in case of ruptured kidneys, patch repair after renal pole resection, tunica albuginea replacement

• Neurosurgery: Duraplasty, dural extension, dural replacement

• ENT: Tympanoplasty, duraplasty (fronto-temporal bone), dura preservation in case of bone damage in air-filled sinuses, closure of the sinus entrance in frontal sinus damage, sling procedures in facial nerve paralysis, protection of deep structures after radical dissection of the neck, re-strengthening of tracheal sutures, damage after paratidectomy filling.

• Oromaxillofacial surgery: Orbital floor repair, facial maxillary sinus wall closure, protection of Schneider membrane in sinus floor augmentation, membrane for GTR and GBR.

• Ophthalmology: Closure of scleral strands, scleroplasty

• Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: Pericardium replacement, chest wall replacement, strengthening of sutures and esophageal sutures in case of lung resection, closure of retroperitoneum, closure of vascular grafts

• Abdominal Surgery: More secure closure of the abdomen in hernia surgeries (avoid abdominal wall replacement), hiatus hernia

• Gynecology: Sling procedures for stress incontinence, sacrocolpopexy for vaginal prolapse

• Orthopedics: Resection-interposition arthroplasty

• Trauma Surgery: Strengthening primary ligament and tendon sutures

• Plastic Surgery: Filling of subcutaneous defects, wrinkle filling