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ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2023

Reading a preoperative CT scan to guide complex abdominal wall reconstructive surgery.

S T Adams, D Slade, P Shuttleworth, C West, M Scott, A Benson, A Tokala, C J Walsh

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Article in Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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S T AdamsDepartment of Plastic Surgery, St Helen's and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, Merseyside, UK. rpbgt@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6916-1617
D SladeDepartment of Surgery, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Lancashire, UK.
P ShuttleworthDepartment of General Surgery, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Arrowe Park Hospital, Arrowe Park Rd, Upton, Wirral, CH49 5PE, UK.
C WestDepartment of Plastic Surgery, St Helen's and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
M ScottDepartment of General Surgery, St Helen's and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
A BensonDepartment of Plastic Surgery, St Helen's and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
A TokalaDepartment of Radiology, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Lancashire, UK.
C J WalshDepartment of General Surgery, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Arrowe Park Hospital, Arrowe Park Rd, Upton, Wirral, CH49 5PE, UK.

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Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) scanning is the imaging modality of choice when planning the overall management and operative approach to complex abdominal wall hernias. Despite its availability and well-recognised benefits there are no guidelines or recommendations regarding how best to read or report such scans for this application. In this paper we aim to outline an approach to interpreting preoperative CT scans in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). This approach breaks up the interpretive process into 4 steps-concentrating on the hernia or hernias, any complicating features of the hernia(s), the surrounding soft tissues and the abdominopelvic cavity as a whole-and was developed as a distillation of the authors' collective experience. We describe the key features that should be looked for at each of the four steps and the rationale for their inclusion.

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Abdominal WallHernia, VentralIncisional HerniaSurgery, PlasticHerniorrhaphyHumansTomography, X-Ray ComputedAbdominal wall reconstructionComputed tomographyImagingIncisional herniaVentral hernia

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