Background Ventral hernia repair (VHR) is associated with complications that significantly
increase healthcare costs. This study explores the associations between hospital costs for …

Purposes Our ability to predict complications of ventral hernia repairs (VHR) are inadequate.
Although impact of patient comorbidities and hospital characteristics on outcomes of several …

Background Repair of ventral and incisional hernias remains a costly challenge for health
care systems. In a previous study of a single surgeon's elective open ventral hernia repair …

Importance Ventral and incisional hernia repair (VIHR) is an extremely common operation,
after which complications are also fairly common. A number of preoperative risk factors are …

Background The medical complexity of hernia patients imparts higher risk for complications,
and mortality is a distinct reality. No study has stratified patients based on preoperative risk …

Background Patients with complex ventral hernias may benefit from preoperative
optimization. This study evaluates the financial impact of preventable comorbidities (PCM) in …

Background Many surgical risk assessment tools emphasize patient-specific risk factors. Our
objective was to use a hernia-specific database to assess risk factors of complications in …

Purpose Over 300,000 ventral hernia repairs (VHRs) are performed each year in the US. We
sought to assess the economic burden related to ventral hernia recurrences with a focused …

Purpose Ventral hernia repair (VHR) lacks standardization of care and exhibits variation in
delivery. Complications of VHR, notably recurrence and infection, increase costs. Efforts at …

Background Preoperative surgical risk assessment continues to be a critical component of
clinical decision-making. The ACS Universal Risk Calculator estimates risk for several …