ArticleSurgical endoscopy2017
What is the BMI threshold for open ventral hernia repair?
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Ventral Hernia Improvement of Treatment and Life
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.
- Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A Prospective Comparative Analysis of Onlay Versus Sublay Mesh Placement.Cureus · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia: A Narrative Review and Proposal of a Clinical Algorithm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Emergency laparoscopic "hybrid" intraperitoneal on-lay mesh (IPOM +) repair of incarcerated umbilical hernia in patient with BMI 62 and small bowel obstruction; a case based review.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Review
- Anterior to posterior preoperative risk assessment of abdominal thickness compared to BMI in ventral hernias.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Smoking cessation and weight loss before ventral hernia repair - can we really justify this? A single center cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Postoperative outcomes in transplant patients undergoing ventral hernia repair.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Risks and benefits of delaying hernia repair in patients with obesity: a retrospective case series of emergent hernia cases.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Robot ventral hernia repair in class II-IV obesity: early and mid-term results.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Non-operative considerations in relation to groin and ventral hernia repair: local consensus recommendations from the Danish Hernia Database.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Review
- Determining a BMI threshold for ventral hernia recurrence among a predominantly underrepresented minority population.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Observational
- Evaluation of risk factors associated with the peritoneal flap hernioplasty for complex incisional hernia repair - a retrospective review of 327 cases.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- The effect of clinically significant weight loss prior to open ventral hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Obesity increases the surgical complexity and risk of recurrence after midline primary ventral hernia repair: results on 2307 patients from the French Society of hernia surgery (SFCP-CH) registry database.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Concomitant Panniculectomy in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Narrative Review Focusing on Obese Patients.Clinics and practice · 2024Review
- Is weight trajectory a better marker of wound complication risk than BMI in hernia patients with obesity?Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- Association of body mass index with morbidity following elective ventral hernia repair.Surgery open science · 2023Article
- BMI: does it predict the need for component separation?Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Article
- A comparison of outcomes between class-II and class-III obese patients undergoing robotic ventral hernia repair: a multicenter study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- Can a free weight management program "move the needle" for obese patients preparing for hernia surgery?: outcomes of a novel pilot program.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- National epidemiologic trends (2008-2018) in the United States for the incidence and expenditures associated with incisional hernia in relation to abdominal surgery.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundOverweight and obese patients are often asked to lose weight prior to ventral hernia repair (VHR). Improved outcomes are the reasons behind this strategy. Data regarding weight loss targets are scant, and it is not known at what body mass index (BMI) threshold postoperative complications increase. This study aimed to determine the threshold to allow proper patient counseling.
methodsAll patients who underwent open VHR at our institution between 2002 and 2015 captured in the NSQIP database were included. The primary outcome was defined as any (≥1) of 18 captured postoperative complications. Patients were divided into five groups based on BMI: group 1 (<25 kg/m
resultsSixty seven of 922 patients (7.3 %) had at least one postoperative complication following VHR. The adjusted odds of complications in group 5 was 2.89 times greater compared to group 1 (OR 2.89; 95 % CI = 1.22-6.84), while there was no significant differences in odds of postoperative complications for groups 2, 3, or 4 compared to group 1. BMI category was also significantly associated with undergoing recurrent VHR, with 28.7 % of patients in group 5 having a recurrent repair compared to 14 % in patients in group 1 (p = 0.03).
conclusionsAfter VHR, complications are most likely to occur in patients with BMI ≥ 40 kg/m
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