ArticleHernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery2022
Emergency repair and smoking predict recurrence in a large cohort of ventral hernia patients.
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- The impact of active smoking on postoperative morbidity and hernia recurrence following abdominal wall reconstruction: long-term follow-up.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Slowly absorbable suture for fascial defect closure in open incisional hernia mesh-repair is associated with decreased long-term recurrence: a nationwide cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- The optimal mesh weight in onlay repair depends on ventral hernia type: a nationwide register-based cohort study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Long-Term Recurrence and the Safety of Mesh Use After Emergency Ventral Hernia Repair.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Elective Umbilical Hernia Repair in Adults in the 21st Century: Challenging the Status Quo.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Abandoning mesh "overlap" in favor of "width" and its importance in open retromuscular midline incisional hernia repair: a nationwide database study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Recurrent emergent hernia repairs: who is at risk?Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Mapping the therapeutic landscape in emergency incisional hernia: a scoping review.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2025Article
- Active smoking increases risk of wound complications in robotic enhanced-view totally extraperitoneal (eTEP) retro-rectus ventral hernia repairs.Surgical endoscopy · 2024Article
- The effect of clinically significant weight loss prior to open ventral hernia repair.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Long-term outcomes of primary ventral hernia repair associated with rectus diastasis.Updates in surgery · 2024Observational
- Causal relationship between cigarette smoking behaviors and the risk of hernias: a Mendelian randomization study.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024Article
- Does smoking influence the clinical outcomes of robotic ventral hernia repair? A propensity score matching analysis study.Journal of robotic surgery · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeVentral hernias are frequent and hernia repair is regularly performed by general surgeons. Emergency repair is less frequent and can be challenging. Long-term data comparing outcomes of emergency- vs. elective ventral hernia repair are scarce.
methodsConsecutive patients undergoing emergency and elective ventral hernia repair at our institution were prospectively entered in our HerniaMed database between August 2013 and February 2020. Patients were contacted after 1 and 5 years to assess long-term complications. Risk factors for emergency repair and hernia recurrence were assessed by univariate and multivariate analysis.
resultsWe included 1307 patients. Emergency and elective hernia repair were performed in 11% and 89% of patients with 1-year follow-up rates of 94% and 92%. Female gender, BMI > 40 kg/m
conclusionsEmergency repair and smoking predicted hernia recurrence. Females and highly comorbid patients are at increased risk for emergency repair and should be prioritized for early elective hernia repair.
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