The development of these updated guidelines was commissioned by the AACE, TOS, and
ASMBS Board of Directors and adheres to the AACE 2010 protocol for standardized …

Background Repair of contaminated abdominal wall defects entails the dilemma of choosing
between synthetic material, with its presumed risk of surgical site complications, and biologic …

Preamble The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery issues the following
guidelines for the purpose of enhancing quality of care in hernia treatment through …

Obesity is a major risk factor for perioperative morbidity, especially for patients undergoing
complex incisional hernia repair. The feasibility and effectiveness of medical weight loss …

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most commonly performed
'standalone'bariatric procedure in India. Staple line gastric leaks occur infrequently but …

Background Patients with contaminated/dirty-infected defects are at high risk for
postoperative complications after abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). We evaluated …

Abstract Background The Executive board of the Italian Society for Endoscopic Surgery
(SICE) promoted an update of the first evidence-based Italian Consensus Conference …

Background Guidelines recommend the use of bioprosthetics for abdominal wall
reinforcement in contaminated fields, but the evidence supporting the use of biologic over …

Purpose To analyze the postoperative morbidity and 1-year recurrence rate of incisional
hernia repair using a biosynthetic long-term absorbable mesh in patients at higher risk of …

Purpose The development and use of a decision support tool to help formulate
recommendations for dosing of commonly prescribed medications in critically ill obese …