ArticleSurgery today2021
Incisional hernia after liver transplantation: mesh-based repair and what else?
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- Safety of laparoscopic incisional hernia repair after liver transplant: a comparative study from a single institution.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- Ventral incisional hernia repair after liver transplant using posterior component separation with transversus abdominis release.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Risk Factors for incisional hernia development after pancreatic surgeries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Updates in surgery · 2026Review
- Incisional hernia repair following liver transplantation: A meta-analysis.World journal of transplantation · 2025Article
- Incidence and risk factors for recurrence of incisional hernia repair after liver transplantation: a retrospective cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Comparative analysis of polypropylene and dual mesh incisional hernia repair methods in open surgery following organ transplantation: a single-center retrospective cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Significance of Specimen Extraction Site in Minimizing Hernia Risk After Distal Pancreatectomy.Annals of surgical oncology · 2024Article
- Hernia Correction After Liver Transplantation Using Nonvascularized Fascia.Transplantation direct · 2024Article
- Incisional Hernia Following Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Incidence and Risk Factors at a Tertiary Care Centre.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- EARLY INCISIONAL HERNIA AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION: RISK FACTORS AND HERNIA REPAIR RESULTS.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2022Article
- How-we-do-it: the repair of postoperative ventral hernias after a Mercedes abdominal incision.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeIncisional hernia (IH) is not uncommon after liver transplantation (LT). We investigated the long-term outcome of mesh-based hernia repair using an inlay-onlay technique.
methodsOur analysis was based on a prospective collected database of all LT recipients from our hospital over a period of 15 years. We analyzed clinical data including the period between LT and hernia development, the size and localization of the hernia, the length of in-hospital stay, immunosuppression, and postoperative morbidity, as well as follow-up data. The median follow-up period was 120 (range 12-200) months.
resultsAmong a total of 220 patients who underwent a collective 239 LTs, 29 (13%) were found to have an IH after a median period of 27.5 months (range 3-96 months). There were 12 (41%) men and 17 (59%) women, with a median age of 51 years. The median size of the IH was 13 cm (range 2-30 cm) and the median in-hospital stay was 6 days. Mild postoperative complications developed in seven patients, including two onlay mesh infections. One patient (3.4%) suffered recurrence.
conclusionMesh-based hernia repair using the inlay/onlay technique represents an effective and safe method for patients with an IH after LT, without additional risk from continuous immunosuppression.
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