ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2013
Infected large pore meshes may be salvaged by topical negative pressure therapy.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mesh Infection After Hernia Repair and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. A Systematic Review.World journal of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Recurrence of infection and hernia following partial versus complete removal of infected hernia mesh: a systematic review and cohort meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair: updated Consensus Development Conference based guidelines [corrected].Surgical endoscopy · 2015Guideline
- Safety and efficacy of prophylactic resorbable biosynthetic mesh following midline laparotomy in clean/contemned field: preliminary results of a randomized double blind prospective trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Trial
- Prophylactic Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Reinforcement Reduces the Risk of Incisional Hernia, Two-Year Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.World journal of surgery · 2018Trial
- Staged approach to chronic mesh infection following hernia repair: a single-center experience.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
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- Treatment of mesh infection after inguinal hernia repair: 3-year experience with 120 patients.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- Microbiology of chronic mesh infection.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Review
- Risk Factor-Driven Prehabilitation Prior to Abdominal Wall Reconstruction to Improve Postoperative Outcome. A Narrative Review.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2022Review
- Polypropylene Mesh Complications in the Sublay Position After Abdominally Based Breast Reconstruction: Les complications des treillis de polypropylène en sous-couche après une reconstruction mammaire par voie abdominale.Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.) · 2021Article
- The negative pressure wound therapy may salvage the infected mesh following open incisional hernia repair.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021Article
- Mesh infection in cases of polypropylene mesh hernioplasty.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- Serum C-reactive protein level after ventral hernia repair with mesh reinforcement can predict infectious complications: a retrospective cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Article
- "Complex abdominal wall" management: evidence-based guidelines of the Italian Consensus Conference.Updates in surgery · 2019Article
- Comparison of complete versus partial mesh removal for the treatment of chronic mesh infection after abdominal wall hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Article
- Negative pressure wound therapy with instillation, a cost-effective treatment for abdominal mesh exposure.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2018Article
- Conservative management of mesh-site infection in hernia repair surgery: a case series.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2015Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the efficacy of negative pressure therapy for superficial and deep mesh infections after ventral and incisional hernia repair by a prospective monocentric observational study.
methodsDuring a 6-year period, 724 consecutive open ventral and incisional hernia repairs were performed. Pre- and intraoperative data as well as postoperative complications were prospectively recorded. In case of wound infection, negative pressure therapy (NPT) was our primary treatment.
resultsSixty-three patients (8.7 %) were treated using negative pressure therapy after primary ventral and incisional hernia repair. Infectious complications needing NPT occurred in 54 patients in the retromuscular group (54/523; 10.3 %), none when laparoscopically treated and in 9 patients (9/143; 6.3 %) treated by an open intraperitoneal mesh technique. Considering outcome, all meshes were completely salvaged in the retromuscular mesh group after a median of 5 dressing changes (range, 2-9), while in the intraperitoneal mesh, group 3 meshes needed complete (n = 2) or partial (n = 1) excision. Mean duration to complete wound closure was 44 days (range, 26-63 days).
conclusionNPT is a useful adjunct for salvage of deep infected meshes, particularly when large pore monofilament mesh is used.
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