Trial reportHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2013
Results of prosthetic mesh repair in the emergency management of the acutely incarcerated and/or strangulated ventral hernias: a seven years study.
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- Laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair: updated Consensus Development Conference based guidelines [corrected].Surgical endoscopy · 2015Guideline
- A systematic review of synthetic and biologic materials for abdominal wall reinforcement in contaminated fields.Surgical endoscopy · 2014Pooled it
- Risk factors for bowel resection and postoperative complications in incarcerated abdominal wall hernia.Turkish journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Long-Term Recurrence and the Safety of Mesh Use After Emergency Ventral Hernia Repair.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The ACTIVE study: surgical outcomes for minimally invasive and open approach to incisional ventral hernias in a non-elective setting.Updates in surgery · 2025Article
- Nationwide analysis of inpatient laparoscopic ventral hernia repair in Italy from 2015 to 2020.Updates in surgery · 2023Article
- Synthetic Mesh in Contaminated Abdominal Wall Surgery: Friend or Foe? A Literature Review.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022Review
- Surgical site infection in mesh repair for ventral hernia in contaminated field: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Review
- Emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias: WSES guidelines.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- Use of polypropylene mesh in contaminated and dirty strangulated hernias: short-term results.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Observational
- Computed tomography evidence of fluid in the hernia sac predicts surgical site infection following mesh repair of acutely incarcerated ventral and groin hernias.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2017Article
- Postoperative complications as an independent risk factor for recurrence after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: a prospective study of 417 patients with long-term follow-up.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Outcomes following repair of incarcerated and strangulated ventral hernias with or without synthetic mesh.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2017Article
- 2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2017Review
- Results of prosthetic mesh repair in the emergency management of the acutely incarcerated and/or strangulated groin hernias: a 10-year study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
- Clinical research of preperitoneal drainage after endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
- Bacteria in hernia sac: an important risk fact for surgical site infection after incarcerated hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
- Stratification of surgical site infection by operative factors and comparison of infection rates after hernia repair.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2015Article
- An ovary as unusual contents of an incarcerated umbilical hernia.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2014Article
- Surgery for incarcerated hernia: short-term outcome with or without mesh.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this prospective study was to present a 7-year experience with the use of prosthetic mesh repair in the management of the acutely incarcerated and/or strangulated ventral hernias.
methodsPatients with acutely incarcerated and/or strangulated ventral hernias were treated by emergency repair of the hernia using an onlay Prolene mesh. The presence of non-viable intestine necessitating resection-anastomosis of the bowel was not considered a contraindication to the use of mesh.
resultsThe present study included 80 patients. Their age ranged from 25 to 86 years with a mean of 56.1 ± 13.2 years. The hernia was para-umbilical in 71 patients (88.75 %), epigastric in 6 patients (7.5 %) and incisional in 3 patients (3.75 %). Eighteen patients (22.5 %) had recurrent hernias. Resection-anastomosis of non-viable small intestine was performed in 18 patients (22.5 %). There were 2 perioperative mortalities (2.5 %). Complications were encountered in 17 patients (21.3 %) and included wound sepsis in 9 patients (11.25 %), seroma formation in 5 patients (6.25 %), chest infection in 4 patients (5 %), deep vein thrombosis in 1 patient (1.25 %) and mesh infection in another patient (1.25 %). Follow-up duration ranged from 12 to 84 months with a mean of 49.9 ± 19.9 months. Only one recurrence was encountered throughout the study period.
conclusionsThe use of prosthetic mesh repair in the emergency management of the acutely incarcerated and/or strangulated ventral hernias is safe. The presence of non-viable intestine cannot be regarded as a contraindication for prosthetic repair.
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