ReviewAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021
Surgical site infection in mesh repair for ventral hernia in contaminated field: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Long-term outcomes of open midline ventral hernia repair using a narrow well-fixed retrorectus polypropylene mesh.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Synchronous cesarean delivery and revision of infected ventral hernia repair mesh in a complex abdominal wall.Journal of surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Readmissions after emergent incisional ventral hernia repair: a retrospective review of the nationwide readmissions database.Updates in surgery · 2023Article
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- A rare presentation of appendicitis contained within an incisional hernia post loop ileostomy reversal - A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
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- Colostomy Reversal following Hartmann's Procedure: The Importance of Timing in Short- and Long-Term Complications: A Retrospective Multicentric Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGiven the risk of surgical site infection (SSI), the use of mesh in contaminated ventral hernia repair (VHR) is not standardized and still a clinical dilemma. This meta-analysis aimed to assess whether mesh use increased the risk of SSI in patients following VHR in contaminated field.
methodsWe performed a systematic review of published literature. Studies comparing the mesh repair and anatomic repair, the use of mesh in different Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wound classes and mesh repair with synthetic mesh or other type of meshes to treat complicated and contaminated VHR were considered for analysis. The main outcome was SSI incidence.
resultsSix studies compared mesh and suture repairs. No significant difference in SSI incidence was observed between patients with complicated VHR in the mesh and suture repair groups.Five studies analyzed mesh repair in patients by field contamination level. There was no significant difference between the use of mesh in clean-contaminated, contaminated and dirty field versus clean wound class. Moreover, there was no significant difference between the use of mesh in clean-contaminated and contaminated cases.Four studies compared mesh repair technique with synthetic mesh or other type of meshes were included. The incidence of SSI was significantly lower in the synthetic mesh group.
conclusionsThe use of mesh repair in the management of complicated VHR compared to suture repair is not associated with an increased incidence of SSI even in potentially contaminated fields.
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