Open Access Pre-publication history

A randomised, multi-centre, prospective, double blind pilot-study to evaluate safety and efficacy of the non-absorbable Optilene® Mesh Elastic versus the partly absorbable Ultrapro® Mesh for incisional hernia repair

Christoph Seiler, Petra Baumann, Peter Kienle, Andreas Kuthe, Jens Kuhlgatz, Rainer Engemann, Moritz v Frankenberg and Hanns-Peter Knaebel*

BMC Surgery 2010, 10:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2482-10-21

Pre-publication versions of this article and reviewers' reports

Original Submission - Version 1 Manuscript 24 Nov 2009
Reviewer's Report Johannes Jeekel 14 Apr 2010
Resubmission - Version 2 Manuscript Author's comment 21 May 2010
Reviewer's Report Johannes Jeekel 04 Jun 2010
Editorial acceptance 18 Jun 2010
Published 12 Jul 2010