Laparoscopic repair of ventral and incisional hernia has become increasingly popular as compared to open repair. The procedure has the advantages of minimal access surgery, reduction of post operative pain and the recurrence rate. A prospective study of laparoscopic incisional hernia repair was performed in our center from August 2002 to April 2004. Eighteen cases (n: 18) were performed during ...

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 Subxiphoid incisional hernia occurs as a complication following median sternotomy and are difficult to repair. We present recent data of a standardized technique for correction of subxiphoid incisional hernias, and discuss possible anatomical and surgical factors related to recurrence of the hernia. METHODS A retrospective study with medical records analysis of patients submitted t...

BACKGROUND Emergency repair of incarcerated incisional hernia with associated bowel obstruction in potentially or contaminated field is technically challenging due to edematous, inflamed and friable tissues with occasional need for concurrent bowel resection and carries high rates of post-operative infectious complications. The aim of this study was to retrospectively assess the wound related m...

Laparoscopic operations offer a myriad of advantages resulting in a rapid postoperative recovery. Incisional hernia is an uncommon cause of morbidity in operative procedures performed by laparoscopic access, and the diagnosis may not be easily made. In our service we identified 2 patients with incisional hernia the site of trocar insertion. The records of these 2 cases were reviewed. We report ...

BACKGROUND Mesh placement during ventral incisional hernia repair has been shown to result in superior outcomes; however, significant variation persists in the adoption of this technique. We performed a multi-institutional study to understand how variation in surgical technique influences outcomes. METHODS This study is a retrospective, facility-level analysis of incisional hernia repairs per...

OBJECTIVE To describe the initial results of open ventral hernia repair by sublay placement of the self-expanding ring polypropylene patch (Kugel patch). METHODS Twenty-four patients with ventral/incisional hernias were operated upon with this technique between December 2004 and August 2008 in the Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Zhong-Da Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jian...

BACKGROUND Gender differences are expected to influence the pattern and outcome of management of abdominal wall hernias. Some of these are left to speculations with few published articles on hernias in females. OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical pattern of abdominal wall hernias in females. METHOD A 5 year retrospective review. RESULT There were 181 female patients with 184 hernias repre...

Background Nowadays the gold standard of the incisional hernia surgical treatment seems to be the prosthetic repair. In the last 15 years many Authors published about the advantages of the laparoscopic treatment in front of the Open one, even if this issue till today remains controversial [1]. Anyway our group from 18 years is engaged on a clinical application of a third way of incisional herni...