ReviewVisceral medicine2021
Excess Body Weight and Abdominal Hernia.
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- Smoking, obesity and reoperation after elective open mesh repair of umbilical hernia: nationwide cohort study.BJS open · 2026Article
- Dietitian-led very low-calorie diet for preoperative rehabilitation in patients with obesity awaiting non-bariatric elective laparoscopic surgery: A retrospective study.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2026Article
- The risk of acute thromboembolic cardiovascular events in association with use of chondroitin sulphate: A comparative, propensity score-matched cohort study using Swiss healthcare claims data.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2026Article
- Incidence, risk factors, and a predictive nomogram for stoma-site incisional hernia after ileostomy reversal: A retrospective study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Prehabilitation in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia: A Narrative Review and Proposal of a Clinical Algorithm.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Incidence of ventral hernia surgery after laparoscopic bariatric surgery in Sweden: a registry-based study 2009-2019.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Observational
- Multimodal Prehabilitation for Hernia Repair: Linking Metabolic Modulation and Mechanical Methods.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Genome-wide lipidomic profiling reveals causal lipid species as targets for inguinal hernia risk.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2025Article
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- Traumatic abdominal wall hernias: a 20-year retrospective cohort study.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Article
- Comparisons of 30-day outcomes after ventral hernia repair by body mass index and surgical approach: a retrospective cohort study.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- ExtrAperitoneaL Plasty vs Intraperitoneal oNlay mEsh in ventral hernia repair - a multi-center randomized controlled trial: the ALPINE study protocol.International journal of surgery protocols · 2024Article
- T-line Hernia Mesh Repairs of Large Umbilical Hernias: Technique and Short-term Outcomes.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Is weight trajectory a better marker of wound complication risk than BMI in hernia patients with obesity?Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
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- Does smoking influence the clinical outcomes of robotic ventral hernia repair? A propensity score matching analysis study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
- Ventral hernia repair with enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal technique after a massive weight loss by laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Robotic hernia repair II. English version : Robotic primary ventral and incisional hernia repair (rv‑TAPP and r‑Rives or r‑TARUP). Video report and results of a series of 118 patients.Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Review
- [Robotic hernia repair : Part II: Robotic primary ventral and incisional hernia repair (rv-TAPP and r-Rives or r-TARUP). Video report and results of a series of 118 patients].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2021Review
- Excess Body Weight and Gastrointestinal Disease.Visceral medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundObese patients have an increased incidence of ventral hernias; in over 50% of these cases, patients are symptomatic. At the same time, morbid obesity is a disease of epidemic proportions. The combination of symptomatic hernia and obesity is a challenge for the treating surgeon, because the risk of perioperative complications and recurrence increases with increasing BMI. SUMMARY: This review outlines this problem and discusses interdisciplinary approaches to the management of affected patients. In emergency cases, the hernia is treated according to the surgeon's expertise. In elective cases, an individual decision must be made whether bariatric surgery is indicated before hernia repair or whether both should be performed simultaneously. After bariatric surgery a weight reduction of 25-30% of total body weight in the first year can be achieved and it is often advantageous to perform a bariatric operation prior to hernia repair. Technically, the risk of complications is lower with minimally invasive procedures than with open ones, but laparoscopy is challenging in obese patients, and meshes can only be implanted in intraperitoneal position. This mesh position has to be questioned because of adhesions, recurrence rate, and risk of contamination during re-interventions in patients who are often still relatively young. KEY MESSAGES: Obese patients with hernia need to be approached in an interdisciplinary manner, in some patients a weight loss procedure may be advantageous before hernia repair. Recent data show the benefits of robotic hernia surgery in obese patients, as not only haptic advantages result, but especially the mesh can be implanted in a variety of extraperitoneal positions in the abdominal wall with low morbidity.
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