Deena Harji, Christophe Thomas, Stavros Antoniou, Harsha Chandraratan, Ben Griffiths, B Todd Heniford, Liam Horgan, Ferdinand Koeckerling, Manuel Lopez-Cano, Lisa Massey, Marc Miserez, Agneta Montgomery, Filip Muysoms, Benjamin Poulose, Wolfgang Reinpold, Neil Smart
INTRODUCTION: Incisional hernia has an incidence of up to 20% following laparotomy and is associated with significant morbidity and impairment of quality of life. A variety of surgical strategies including techniques and mesh types are available to manage patients with incisional hernia. Previous works have reported significant heterogeneity in outcome reporting for abdominal wall herniae, including ventral and inguinal hernia. This is coupled with under-reporting of important clinical and patient-reported outcomes...
December 6, 2022: BMJ Open