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Peritoneal flap technique for abdominal wall expansion in the management of complex ventral hernias: a multicentre study from India

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Introduction

Large abdominal wall hernias often require techniques for wall expansion to improve surgical outcomes. The peritoneal flap hernioplasty (PF) is one such technique that utilizes the hernia sac to reconstruct the abdominal wall, however, with limited published data. It is a modification of the Rives-Stoppa mesh repair where a part of the bisected hernia sac is utilized to reconstruct the anterior fascia and the other part for the posterior fascia. We present a collated retrospective analysis of the outcomes from three centers performing PF with or without transverse abdominis release (TAR) in patients with complex ventral hernias.

Methods

The PF was performed in patients with incisional hernias, both midline and lateral. The primary outcome measured was hernia recurrence. The secondary outcomes were to evaluate pain, surgical site infection, seroma, hematoma, wound dehiscence, pseudo-recurrence, Clavien–Dindo score for complications, and the patient's reported quality of life. The quality of life was assessed by oral questionnaires in the follow-up period.

Results

We analyzed 63 patients (38 female, 25 male) with a mean width of hernia defect of 11 cm SD 4. Based on the European Hernia Society (EHS) classification 42 patients were W3 and 21 were W2 hernias. Fifty patients had a midline hernia, while the rest of the patients included transverse, subcostal, and rooftop incision hernias. The classical peritoneal flap procedure was done in 29 (46%) patients, while the peritoneal flap with TAR was done in 34 (54%) patients. Four patients had symptomatic seroma (6%), seven superficial surgical site infection (SSI) (11%), one deep SSI (1.5%), one skin necrosis (1.5%), and one anterior peritoneal flap necrosis (1.5%). No patient required postoperative ventilatory support. The mean pain score on day one was 3/10. There was no recurrence in the mean follow-up of 17 months (range 5 to 49 months). Overall, 58 of 63 (92%) patients reported being satisfied with their surgery.

Conclusion

In our multicentre study, we found the PF technique with or without TAR for midline and non-midline ventral hernia leads to satisfactory outcomes in terms of low recurrence, low rate of complications, and a good quality of life in the medium to long term. It appears to be a useful technique in the surgeon’s armamentarium to repair W2 and W3 hernias needing expansion of abdominal domain.

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  1. Digestive Surgery, Belle Vue Clinic, 9 and 10, Loudon Street, Kolkata, 700046, India

    S. J. Baig & A. Varma

  2. Department of GI & Bariatric Surgery, Medanta Medicity, Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, 122001, India

    V. Singhal

  3. Department of Surgery, J N Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, UP, 202002, India

    Md Y. Afaque

  4. DNB Gastrointestinal Surgery Resident, Medanta Medicity Hospital, Gurugram, Haryana, 122001, India

    C. Kakadiy

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Baig, S.J., Singhal, V., Afaque, M.Y. et al. Peritoneal flap technique for abdominal wall expansion in the management of complex ventral hernias: a multicentre study from India. Hernia (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-024-02993-2

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