Wound healing is a complex biological process which results in the restoration of tissue
integrity. Physiologically, it can be broken down into four distinct phases of haemostasis …

Hernia reconstruction is one of the most frequently practiced surgical procedures worldwide.
Plastic surgery plays a pivotal role in reestablishing desired abdominal wall structure and …

Introduction Worldwide, more than 20 million patients undergo groin hernia repair annually.
The many different approaches, treatment indications and a significant array of techniques …

Wound healing is a complex biological process which results in the restoration of tissue
integrity. Physiologically, it can be broken down into four distinct phases of haemostasis …

Background The etiology of inguinal hernias remains uncertain even though the lifetime risk
of developing an inguinal hernia is 27% for men and 3% for women. The aim was to …

Methods The coordinator of the consensus development conference (HJB) and two
members of the consensus panel (BvdH and MMP) selected a group of 14 surgeons …

BACKGROUND: Incisional hernia repair is a frequent surgical procedure, but perioperative
risk factors and outcomes have not been prospectively assessed in large-scale studies. The …

Wound healing is a complex biological process which results in the restoration of tissue
integrity. Physiologically, it can be broken down into four distinct phases of haemostasis …

Before the introduction of general anaesthesia by Morton in 1846, incisional hernias were
rare. As survival after abdominal surgery became more common so did the incidence of …

Biocompatibility concerns the phenomena that occur within the interactions between
biomaterials and human patients, which ultimately control the performance of many facets of …