| Product |
Properties |
| Porcine |
| Permacol
Covidien |
Chemically-cross-linked.
Large sizes; no refrigeration or rehydration; large reported clinical experience.
Concern for increased foreign body reaction due to heavy cross-linking. |
| Strattice
LifeCell |
Non-cross –linked; Terminally sterilized.
Few clinical experiences. |
| BioDesign
Cook |
Modified intestinal submucosal matrix; Non-cross-linked.
No refrigeration.
Reports of enzymatic degradation. |
| Xenmatrix
Bard/Davol |
Non-cross-linked; Electron beam sterilized
No rehydration;
Few clinical experiences. |