<p>The use of polymer mesh implants in reconstructive and restorative surgeries aimed at eliminating extensive defects in supporting soft tissues that occur during hernioplasty, after radical resection of malignant neoplasms and infected and necrotic tissues, and in several other surgical interventions has recently increased. Polymer mesh endoprostheses have been applied mostly in plastic surgery of ventral hernias (hernias of the anterior abdominal wall), where they must counteract intra-abdominal pressure.</p>