ReviewHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2008
Minimally invasive ventral herniorrhaphy: an analysis of 6,266 published cases.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Proper mesh overlap is a key determinant in hernia recurrence following laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2016Pooled it
- Laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair: updated Consensus Development Conference based guidelines [corrected].Surgical endoscopy · 2015Guideline
- Laparoscopic versus open surgical techniques for ventral or incisional hernia repair.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Reconstruction of single large abdominal wall defects in 2 dogs using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-based mesh.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2025Article
- Enhancing mesh explantation reporting: a novel classification system for improved surgical decision-making and patient outcomes.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Outcomes after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: does the number of previous recurrences matter? A prospective study.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- SAGES guidelines for laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- A simplified laparoscopic approach to ventral hernia repair: a new "finned" mesh configuration with defect closure.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Article
- Hybrid technique for postoperative ventral hernias - own experience.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2016Article
- Complex ventral hernia repair with a human acellular dermal matrix.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Observational
- An experimental study exploring the relationship between the size of bacterial inoculum and bacterial adherence to prosthetic mesh.Surgical endoscopy · 2013Article
- Laparoscopic Repair of Morgagni Hernia Using Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Mesh.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2012Article
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- Incisional hernia in patients at risk: can it be prevented?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2011Article
- [Laparoscopic IPOM technique].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2010Review
- Enterocutaneous fistula associated with ePTFE mesh: case report and review of the literature.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2009Review
- Polyvinylidene fluoride: a suitable mesh material for laparoscopic incisional and parastomal hernia repair! A prospective, observational study with 344 patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2009Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver 300,000 ventral abdominal wall hernias are repaired each year in the United States; many of these operations are done with a minimally invasive approach. Despite these numbers, there are few controlled data that evaluate the minimally invasive method of ventral hernia repair.
methodsA review of over 6,000 published cases of minimally invasive ventral herniorrhaphy was performed in order to determine major outcome statistics for this procedure.
resultsThe mean follow-up period was 20 months. The operative mortality was 0.1%. The mean recurrence rate (weighted) was 2.7%, and the major complication rate (mostly bowel injury and infection) was 3%.
conclusionThe results from published cases of minimally invasive ventral herniorrhaphy appear to be competitive with the historical results of open ventral herniorrhaphy. The major caveats of this review are that most of the data are (1) retrospective/uncontrolled and (2) obtained from specialized centers.
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