ArticleSurgery today2013
Polypropylene mesh repair of incarcerated and strangulated hernias: a prospective clinical study.
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- Effectiveness and Safety of Mesh Repair for Incarcerated or Strangulated Hernias: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Mesh repair versus non-mesh repair for strangulated inguinal hernia: systematic review with meta-analysis.World journal of surgery · 2014Pooled it
- A retrospective cohort study of open preperitoneal repair versus open suture repair for the treatment of emergency femoral hernia.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- The Association of Polish Surgeons (APS) clinical guidelines for the use of laparoscopy in the management of abdominal emergencies. Part I.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2023Article
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- Comparison of postoperative infection after emergency inguinal hernia surgery with enterectomy between mesh repair and non-mesh repair: a national database analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- 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
- 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
- Two-stage laparoscopic treatment for strangulated inguinal, femoral and obturator hernias: totally extraperitoneal repair followed by intestinal resection assisted by intraperitoneal laparoscopic exploration.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2016Article
- 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
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Abstract
purposeThere is a common doubt regarding the application of polypropylene mesh to treat incarcerated and strangulated hernias due to the possibility of surgical site infection. We aimed to investigate the results of mesh repair of incarcerated and strangulated hernias, and to evaluate the incidence of wound infection and recurrence.
methodsOne hundred and fifty-three consecutive patients with incarcerated and strangulated hernias underwent surgery with mesh repair. The patients were divided into two groups: a resection group and a nonresection group. Fisher's exact test, the Chi-square test and independent samples t test were used to determine the statistical significance level (p < 0.05).
resultsWhile 53 patients required organ resection, the remaining 100 patients did not. The most frequently incarcerated organs were the omentum (86), small bowel (74) and colon (15). Most of the resections were performed in the omentum (36), small bowel (23) and colon (2). While five of the 53 patients (9.4%) in the resection group developed wound infections, no infections were observed in the nonresection group (p = 0.004). The infection rate in all patients was 3.3% (five of 153 patients). None of the infected patients required mesh removal. There were no mortalities or recurrence in either group.
conclusionsThe findings revealed effective and safe usage of mesh along with antibiotic therapy in patients undergoing incarcerated and strangulated hernia repair.
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