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ArticleCureus2022

Outcomes of Emergency Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair: Experience Over a Decade.

G J Pavithira, Souradeep Dutta, Sudharsanan Sundaramurthi, Vishnu Prasad Nelamangala Ramakrishnaiah

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Mapping the therapeutic landscape in emergency incisional hernia: a scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025
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  5. Surgical practices in emergency umbilical hernia repair and implications for trial design.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024
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  8. Minimally Invasive Surgery Benefits Frail Patients Undergoing Emergency Hernia Repairs.JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G J PavithiraSurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Souradeep DuttaSurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Sudharsanan SundaramurthiSurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Vishnu Prasad Nelamangala RamakrishnaiahSurgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, IND.
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Abdominal wall hernias are a common surgical entity encountered by the general surgeon. Approximately 10% of abdominal wall hernia patients require emergency surgery. However, these surgeries are associated with a high rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to analyze the morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing emergency abdominal wall hernia repair and to determine the factors associated with surgical site infection (SSI) and recurrence in these patients attending a tertiary care hospital in south India. Methodology Our study was a single-centered, 10-year retrospective and a one-year prospective study conducted in a tertiary care center in India. All patients who underwent emergency abdominal wall hernia repair between April 2009 and May 2020 were included. Patients' demographic details, comorbidities, intraoperative findings, 30-day surgical outcomes including SSI, and recurrence were studied. Results Out of 383 patients in our study, 63.9% had an inguinal hernia, and 54% of the patients underwent tissue repair. SSI was the most common morbidity (21.9%). Postoperative sepsis was the only independent factor associated with perioperative mortality according to the logistic regression analysis (odds ratio = 22.73, p = 0.022). Conclusions Tissue repair for emergency hernia surgery has better outcomes than mesh repair in clean-contaminated cases.

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abdomen ventral herniaemergency hernia repairfemoral herniahernia repairinguinal hernia

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PMCPMC9311230
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