Abstract
In cancer surgery, resection of the full thickness of the abdominal wall muscle layers is occasionally required because of their involvement by a tumor. The synthetic graft that may be placed to repair the abdominal wall defect will be in contact with bowel loops. Contact between loops of bowel and the undersurface of mesh may lead to the development of an enterocutaneous fistula, as shown in the reconstruction of full-thickness musculoaponeurotic abdominal wall defects.
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Karakousis, C.P. (2015). Involvement of the Abdominal Wall by Tumor. In: Atlas of Operative Procedures in Surgical Oncology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1634-4_21
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