Background Incisional hernia occurs approximately in 40% of high-risk patients after midline
laparotomy. Prophylactic mesh placement has shown promising results, but long-term …

BACKGROUND: The Ventral Hernia Working Group proposed recently a classification
system to grade the risk of surgical site occurrence (SSO) during ventral hernia repair (VHR) …

Purpose The use of mesh is a common practice in ventral hernia repair (VHR). Lack of
consensus on which prosthetic material works better in different settings remains. This meta …

Background: Repair of large ventral hernia defects is associated with high rates of surgical
site occurrences (SSO), including surgical site infection (SSI), site dehiscence, seroma …

Background: Innovative types of biologic mesh have provided new alternatives to ventral
incisional hernia repair, especially in the face of contamination. The authors studied the …

Background Long-term resorbable mesh represents a promising technology for complex
ventral and incisional hernia repair (VIHR). Preclinical studies indicate that poly-4 …

Background: Ventral hernia repair can be challenging, particularly in patients with serious
comorbidity. Minimally invasive component separation with inlay bioprosthetic mesh …

Background The role of laparoscopic repair of ventral hernias remains incompletely defined.
We hypothesize that laparoscopy, compared to open repair with mesh, decreases surgical …

Background: Standard abdominoplasty rectus plication techniques may not suffice for
severe cases of rectus diastasis. In the authors' experience, prosthetic mesh facilitates the …

Complex ventral hernia (CVH) describes large, anterior, ventral hernias. The incidence of
CVH is rising rapidly due to increasing laparotomy rates in ever older, obese and co-morbid …