Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30793037›Full record

ReviewTrauma surgery & acute care open2019

Use of posterior component separation and transversus abdominis release in trauma and emergency general surgery patients: a case report and review of the literature.

John J Como, Oliver L Gunter, Jose J Diaz, Vanessa P Ho, Preston R Miller

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Review in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

2 · The registry

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

John J ComoSurgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1116-8357
Oliver L GunterSurgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Jose J DiazAcute Care Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Vanessa P HoSurgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Preston R MillerSurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
MetroHealth · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USVanderbilt University · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posterior component separation with transversus abdominis release and implantation of synthetic mesh in the retromuscular space is a durable type of repair for many large incisional hernias with recurrence rates consistently less than 10%. The purported advantage of biologic prostheses in contaminated fields has recently been challenged, and the concern for placing synthetic mesh in contaminated fields may be overstated. There are almost no data specifically addressing the use of this type of repair for chronic incisional hernias in trauma and emergency general surgery patients, so research is needed on this patient population. In this review, a case of a trauma patient receiving posterior component separation with transversus abdominis release and implantation of synthetic mesh for a chronic incisional hernia resulting from a gunshot wound to the abdomen is presented, the technique is explained, and relevant literature is reviewed.

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abdominal wall reconstructionincisional hernia

Identifiers

PMID30793037
PMCPMC6350719
OpenAlexW2912638773

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