Primary closure of laparotomies with high risk of incisional hernia using prosthetic material: analysis of usefulness

• Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 134 - 136
• Main Authors: GUTIERREZ DE LA PENA, C, MEDINA ACHIRICA, C, DOMINGUEZ-ADAME, E, MEDINA DIEZ, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Springer 01.09.2003; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdomen - surgery; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Hernia, Ventral - epidemiology; Hernia, Ventral - prevention & control; Humans; Incidence; Laparotomy - adverse effects; Laparotomy - methods; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Other diseases. Semiology; Polypropylenes; Primary Prevention - methods; Probability; Prospective Studies; Reference Values; Risk Assessment; Sensitivity and Specificity; Surgical Mesh; Suture Techniques; Wound Healing - physiology; Human; High risk; Prosthesis; Surgical closure; Treatment; Abdominal disease; Surgery; Analysis; Primary; Incisional hernia; Abdominal wall; Biomaterial; Technique; Laparotomy

Incisional hernia continues to be a serious postoperative complication in abdominal surgery. We present a prospective randomised study to evaluate the usefulness of placement of a supra-aponeurotic polypropylene mesh in the primary closure of laparotomies with a high risk of incisional hernia. Closu...