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Retromuscular Prosthetic Repair of Incisional Hernia

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Incisional Hernia

Part of the book series: Updates in Surgery ((UPDATESSURG))

Abstract

Incisional hernia (IH) is an abdominal hernia that occurs after previous surgery [1]. It is one of the most frequent surgical problems, as the incidence following laparotomy is 10–20% [2–5]. Surgical treatment of incisional hernia involves either direct suture in patients with primary defects >3 cm in diameter, or a rather complex operation in patients with large defects that involve loss of wall substance and impairment of ventilation and cardiac circulation.

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Fei, L., Trapani, V., Moccia, F., Nunziale, A., Crovella, F. (2008). Retromuscular Prosthetic Repair of Incisional Hernia. In: Incisional Hernia. Updates in Surgery. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0722-2_14

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