Prevention of Incisional Hernia in Emergency Surgery Clinical Trial
Official title:
Long-term Follow-up of Prophylactic Mesh Reinforcement After Emergency Laparotomy.
Observational Study analyzing the long-term results of prophylactic mesh used for preventing incisional hernia after emergency midline laparotomies.
Background. Prevention of incisional hernias with a prophylactic mesh in emergency surgery is
controversial. The present study aimed to analyze the long-term results of prophylactic mesh
used for preventing incisional hernia after emergency midline laparotomies.
Methods. This study was a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent an emergency
midline laparotomy between January 2009 and July 2010 with a follow-up period of longer than
2 years. Long-term outcomes and risk factors for the development of incisional hernias
between patients who received a prophylactic reinforcement mesh (Group M) and suture (Group
S) were compared.
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