Trial reportHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2016
Polypropylene-based composite mesh versus standard polypropylene mesh in the reconstruction of complicated large abdominal wall hernias: a prospective randomized study.
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- A scoping review of outcome reporting in randomized controlled trials of incisional and non-incisional ventral hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Mapping the therapeutic landscape in emergency incisional hernia: a scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Complex abdomen: a scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Plastic surgery for giant metastatic endometrioid adenocarcinoma in the abdominal wall: A case report and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- A tissue-engineered urinary conduit in a porcine urinary diversion model.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- 2017 update of the WSES guidelines for emergency repair of complicated abdominal wall hernias.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2017Review
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Abstract
purposeTo compare polypropylene mesh positioned onlay supported by omentum and/or peritoneum versus inlay implantation of polypropylene-based composite mesh in patients with complicated wide-defect ventral hernias.
methodsThis was a prospective randomized study carried out on 60 patients presenting with complicated large ventral hernia in the period from January 2012 to January 2016 in the department of Gastrointestinal Surgery unit and Surgical Emergency of the Main Alexandria University Hospital, Egypt. Large hernia had an abdominal wall defect that could not be closed. Patients were divided into two groups of 30 patients according to the type of mesh used to deal with the large abdominal wall defect.
resultsThe study included 38 women (63.3 %) and 22 men (37.7 %); their mean age was 46.5 years (range, 25-70). Complicated incisional hernia was the commonest presentation (56.7 %).The operative and mesh fixation times were longer in the polypropylene group. Seven wound infections and two recurrences were encountered in the propylene group. Mean follow-up was 28.7 months (2-48 months).
conclusionsComposite mesh provided, in one session, satisfactory results in patients with complicated large ventral hernia. The procedure is safe and effective in lowering operative time with a trend of low wound complication and recurrence rates.
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