ReviewCureus2023
Incisional Hernia: A Surgical Complication or Medical Disease?
Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07401446 (Comparison of Complication Rates of Onlay vs Sublay Mesh Repair of Incisional Hernia), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Comparison of Complication Rates of Onlay vs Sublay Mesh Repair of Incisional Hernia
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Systemic Stress Biomarkers and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Laparoscopic IPOM+ and Open Rives-Stoppa Repair for Ventral Incisional Hernia: A Prospective Non-Randomized Comparative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Surgical Complexity and Postoperative Outcomes in Recurrent Versus Primary Incisional Hernias Following Elective Retromuscular Repair: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Determinants of Early Quality-of-Life Improvement After Open Abdominal Wall Eventration Repair: A Large Single-Center Cohort Study Using the EuraHS-QoL Score.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Incidence and risk factors for incisional hernia after partial liver resection via an inverted L-incision: a retrospective single-centre cohort study.BMC surgery · 2026Article
- Comparing incisional hernia risk between single-port and multiport robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: a retrospective analysis.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Robotic management of Morgagni hernias: a case series from a specialized hernia center.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2026Article
- Health-related quality of life outcomes of bioabsorbable Phasix Mesh versus permanent synthetic mesh following open ventral hernia repair: a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Review
- Open versus laparoscopic techniques for incisional hernia repair: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Review
- Application of BMSCs-coated PLGA/type I collagen composite mesh in intraperitoneal onlay mesh repair using a rat ventral incisional hernia model.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Insights into incisional hernia: Factors, symptoms and treatment options.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Article
- Incisional Hernia Development: Wound Healing Gone Wrong?Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyReview
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Incisional hernia (IH) is a frequent complication following abdominal surgery. The development of IH could be more sophisticated than a simple anatomical failure of the abdominal wall. Reported IH incidence varies among studies. This review presented an overview of definitions, molecular basis, risk factors, incidence, clinical presentation, surgical techniques, postoperative care, cost, risk prediction tools, and proposed preventative measures. A literature search of PubMed was conducted to include high-quality studies on IH. The incidence of IH depends on the primary surgical pathology, incision site and extent, associated medical comorbidities, and risk factors. The review highlighted inherent and modifiable risk factors. The disorganisation of the extracellular matrix, defective fibroblast functions, and ratio variations of different collagen types are implicated in molecular mechanisms. Elective repair of IH alleviates symptoms, prevents complications, and improves the quality of life (QOL). Recent studies introduced risk prediction tools to implement preventative measures, including suture line reinforcement or prophylactic mesh application in high-risk groups. Elective repair improves QOL and prevents sinister outcomes associated with emergency IH repair. The watchful wait strategy should be reviewed, and options should be discussed thoroughly during patients' counselling. Risk stratification tools for predicting IH would help adopt prophylactic measures.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.