Observational studyHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2018
Long-term outcomes after prophylactic use of onlay mesh in midline laparotomy.
Observational study in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Does Prophylactic Mesh Placement in Emergency Midline Laparotomy Reduce the Incidence of Incisional Hernia? A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
A Prospective, Multi-Center, Single Arm, Feasibility Study Using REBUILD Bioabsorbable™ for Closure of the Abdominal Wall After Oncologic Laparotomy
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prophylactic mesh augmentation in emergency laparotomy closure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Abdominal wound dehiscence and incisional hernia prevention in midline laparotomy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of prophylactic mesh implantation on the development of incisional hernias in patients with elevated BMI: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Is there a role for prophylactic mesh in abdominal wall closure after emergency laparotomy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2020Pooled it
- Does onlay mesh placement in emergency laparotomy prevent incisional hernia? A prospective randomized double-blind study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Trial
- Use of a bioabsorbable mesh in midline laparotomy closure to prevent incisional hernia: randomized controlled trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Trial
- Prevention of incisional hernia with a reinforced tension line (RTL) versus primary suture only in midline laparotomies: 3-year follow-up in a randomized clinical trial.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Trial
- Incisional hernia prediction using machine learning models.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Observational
- Variable use of modern abdominal wall closure techniques at emergency laparotomy - an international, cross-sectional survey of surgical practice.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
- Prevention of incisional hernia with prophylactic onlay and sublay mesh reinforcement vs. primary suture only in midline laparotomies (PRIMA): long-term outcomes of a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2024Article
- Liquid resorbable nanofibrous surgical mesh: a proof of a concept.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2022Article
- Long-term follow-up of prophylactic mesh reinforcement after emergency laparotomy. A retrospective controlled study.BMC surgery · 2021Article
- Preventing incisional ventral hernias: important for patients but ignored by surgical specialities? A critical review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2021Review
- The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland consensus guidelines in emergency colorectal surgery.Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland · 2021Article
- Prophylactic Onlay Mesh Implantation During Definitive Fascial Closure After Open Abdomen Therapy (PROMOAT): Absorbable or Non-absorbable? Methodical Description and Results of a Feasibility Study.Frontiers in surgery · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of incisional hernias (IHs) is still high after midline laparotomy (ML). There is an increasing body of evidence that prophylactic mesh placement (PMP) can be safe and efficient in the short-term outcomes, but there still are some concerns about the potential long-term complications of these meshes. This study describes our long-term PMP experience.
methodsObservational and prospective study including all patients undergoing the use of prophylactic onlay large-pore polypropylene meshes for the closure of ML since 2008 to 2014. Outcome measures included demographics, perioperative details, wound complications, recurrences, reoperations and chronic complications.
resultsA cohort of 172 patients was analysed: 75% elective surgery, 25% emergency cases. Mean age was 68 years with mean body mass index (BMI) of 28.6 kg/m
conclusionsIn our setting, the use of polypropylene prophylactic meshes in MLs is safe, efficient and durable.
Indexed as
Identifiers
30288617What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.