ArticleCureus2020
Prophylactic Mesh Placement for the Prevention of Incisional Hernia in High-Risk Patients After Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07753551 (PRophylactic mEsh Reinforcement Versus Primary Closure After Emergency Midline Laparotomy), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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PRophylactic mEsh Reinforcement Versus Primary Closure After Emergency Midline Laparotomy (PREEMPT): A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Prophylactic mesh reinforcement for midline incisional hernia prevention: systematic review and updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2023Pooled it
- Updated guideline for closure of abdominal wall incisions from the European and American Hernia Societies.The British journal of surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Prophylactic Mesh-related Reoperations and Mesh-related Problems During Subsequent Relaparotomies: Long-term Results From the PRIMA Trial.Annals of surgery · 2026Trial
- Review
- Incisional hernia prevention in high-risk midline laparotomy using onlay PVDF mesh: multicenter prospective observational study.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- Colorectal and emergency surgical patients in the literature supporting EHS and AHS guidelines on abdominal wound closure: a granular analysis.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Review
- Advances and Techniques in Subcuticular Suturing for Abdominal Wall Closure: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Prophylactic slowly resorbable mesh in midline laparotomy to limit incisional hernia incidence: the prospective 'Mesh Augmented Reinforcement of Abdominal Wall Suture Line (MARS)' cohort study protocol.International journal of surgery protocols · 2024Article
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Background and objectives In high-risk populations, the efficacy of mesh placement in incisional hernia (IH) prevention after elective abdominal surgeries has been supported by many published studies. This meta-analysis aimed at providing comprehensive and updated clinical implications of prophylactic mesh placement (PMP) for the prevention of IH as compared to primary suture closure (PSC). Materials and methods PubMed, Science Direct, Cochrane, and Google Scholar were systematically searched until March 3, 2020, for studies comparing the efficacy of PMP to PSC in abdominal surgeries. The main outcome of interest was the incidence of IH at different follow-up durations. All statistical analyses were carried out using Review Manager version 5.3 (The Nordic Cochrane Centre, The Cochrane Collaboration, 2014) and Stata 11.0 (Stata Corporation LP, College Station, TX). The data were pooled using the random-effects model, and odds ratio (OR) and weighted mean differences (WMD) were calculated with the corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI). Results A total of 3,330 were identified initially and after duplicate removal and exclusion based on title and abstract, 26 studies comprising 3,000 patients, were included. The incidence of IH was significantly reduced for PMP at follow-up periods of one year (OR= 0.16 [0.05, 0.51]; p=0.002; I
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