OBJECTIVE To evaluate the early outcomes of laparoscopic incisional hernioplasties using on-lay GORE-TEX DualMesh. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Medical centre of a regional hospital, Hong Kong. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Between June 2000 and October 2001, 11 consecutive patients underwent attempted laparoscopic incisional hernioplasties at the University of Hong Kong Medical Centre. A pro...

AIM We report our clinical experience with incisional hernia surgery and we retrospectively analyze the outcomes obtained with the different techniques of repair used, confirming that Rives-Stoppa procedures actually represent the gold standard for incisional hernia. MATERIAL OF STUDY 334 patients were observed for incisional hernioplasty at our Department of Surgery from 1996 to 2007. They w...

BACKGROUND Symptomatic subxiphoid incisional hernias present difficult surgical problems, especially in immuno-suppressed cardiac transplant patients. Here, we describe the laparoscopic repair of subxiphoid incisional hernias in patients with a history of cardiac transplantation. METHODS Four patients with subxiphoid hernias who had previously undergone heart transplantation were identified f...

BACKGROUND Recent work suggests that injuries can heal faster if treated by lasers emitting 670-nm red light. LED lights emitting 670-nm light are now available. This suggests that inexpensive and easy-to-use 670-nm LED lights might help accelerate cutaneous wound healing. OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate the effect of 670-nm LED light on wound healing in SKH-1 hairless mice. METHODS...

AIM The use of synthetic mesh in transplant patients is still under debate. In this paper the authors report their preliminary experience on biological prosthesis for surgical treatment of incisional hernias in transplant patients. MATERIAL OF STUDY Between 2009-2010, 10 patients with incisional hernia underwent surgery using a biological prosthesis (porcine dermis collagen). All patients wer...

INTRODUCTION The effectiveness of low power lasers for incisional wound healing, because of conflicting results of previous research studies, is uncertain. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate low power laser effects on incisional wound healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Incisional wound was produced on thirty-six mature male guinea pigs under general and local anesthesia. In half of...

Laparotomy performed for surgical access usually heals quickly and without complications, leaving a stable scar. An exception to this is the rare (< 1%) occurrence of acute separation of the sutured abdominal walls during the postoperative phase – known as acute wound dehiscence or burst abdomen – and the more frequent (> 20%) occurrence of chronic wound dehiscence with the formation of a herni...

Laparoscopic repair of ventral hernias has gained popularity, since many studies have reported encouraging results. The choice of the mesh and fixation methods are crucial issues in preventing complications and recurrence. 30 laparoscopic ventral hernia repair performed consecutively in 28 patients (11 males, 17 females) for different kinds of incisional hernias from February 2011 to June 2012 ...