ArticleBMC surgery2011
Long term outcome and quality of life after open incisional hernia repair--light versus heavy weight meshes.
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- Management of patients with rectal prolapse: the 2017 Dutch guidelines.Techniques in coloproctology · 2018Guideline
- A systematic review of the surgical treatment of large incisional hernia.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Pooled it
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- Quality of life after laparoscopic trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal inguinal hernia repair: spinal vs general anesthesia.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Trial
- A randomised, multi-centre, prospective, observer and patient blind study to evaluate a non-absorbable polypropylene mesh vs. a partly absorbable mesh in incisional hernia repair.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2012Trial
- Beyond acronyms: a domain-based structural analysis of abdominal wall hernia repair techniques in the contemporary literature.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- How Reproducible Are Abdominal Wall Surgical Techniques? A Methodological Assessment of Technical Reporting in the Contemporary Literature.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- Quality of life after laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair with fibrin glue versus tack mesh fixation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Early repair of ventral incisional hernia may improve quality of life after surgery for abdominal malignancy: a prospective observational cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2019Observational
- Polyester vs polypropylene, do mesh materials matter? A meta-analysis and systematic review.Medical devices (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Article
- What Is the Current Knowledge About Sublay/Retro-Rectus Repair of Incisional Hernias?Frontiers in surgery · 2018Article
- Surgical mesh for ventral incisional hernia repairs: Understanding mesh design.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2016Review
- Early and late postoperative inflammatory and collagen deposition responses in three different meshes: an experimental study in rats.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2014Article
- Early outcome of incisional hernia repair using polypropylene mesh: A preliminary report.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association · 2014Article
- Patient Satisfaction, chronic pain, and functional status following laparoscopic ventral hernia repair.World journal of surgery · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundMesh repair of incisional hernia is superior to the conventional technique. From all available materials for open surgery polypropylene (PP) is the most widely used. Development resulted in meshes with larger pore size, decreased mesh surface and lower weight. The aim of this retrospective non randomized study was to compare the quality of life in the long term follow up (> 72 month) after incisional hernia repair with "light weight"(LW) and "heavy weight"(HW) PP meshes.
methods12 patients who underwent midline open incisional hernia repair with a HW-PP mesh (Prolene® 109 g/m2 pore size 1.6 mm) between January 1996 and December 1997 were compared with 12 consecutive patients who underwent the same procedure with a LW-PP mesh (Vypro® 54 g/m2, pore size 4-5 mm) from January 1998. The standard technique was the sublay mesh-plasty with the retromuscular positioning of the mesh. The two groups were equal in BMI, age, gender and hernia size. Patients were routinely seen back in the clinic.
resultsIn the long term run (mean follow up 112 ± 22 months) patients of the HW mesh group revealed no significant difference in the SF-36 Health Survey domains compared to the LW group (mean follow up 75 ± 16 months).
conclusionsIn this study the health related quality of life based on the SF 36 survey after open incisional hernia repair with light or heavy weight meshes is not related to the mesh type in the long term follow up.
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