Introduction Surgeons use several quality-of-life instruments to track outcomes following
abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR); however, there is no universally agreed upon …

Purpose Several studies have examined effectiveness of primary fascial defect closure
(FDC) versus bridged repair (no-FDC) during laparoscopic ventral hernia mesh repair …

Background The incidence of incisional hernia after major abdominal surgery via a midline
laparotomy is 20–41 per cent with short-term follow-up, and over 50 per cent in those …

Abstract Introduction Quality of Life (QoL) is an important consideration in patients with
abdominal wall hernia (AWH). What matters to patients and their everyday experience living …

Objective: Studies assessing prevalence and risk factors of abdominal hernia are scarce in
Saudi Arabia, that is why this study aimed to find out the prevalence and risk factors of …

Background We compare the health-related quality of life (QoL) of patients with incision
hernias before and after surgery with two different techniques. Methods In this prospective …

Abstract Purpose Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are pivotal to evaluate the efficacy of
surgical management. Debate persists on the optimal surgical technique to repair incisional …

Objective: This study assesses the user burden, reliability, and longitudinal validity of the
AHQ, a novel VH patient-reported outcomes measure (PROM). Background: We developed …

Introduction Although there are many patient-reported outcome measures used for ventral
hernia (VH), disease-specific instruments, such as the Hernia-related Quality-of-Life (QoL) …

Purpose Incisional hernia (IH) is one of the most common complications after abdominal
surgeries and may bring great suffering to patients. This study aims to evaluate the global …