[Surgical treatment of abdominal hernia appearing after median laparotomy]

The results of the surgical treatment of 456 patients with postoperative abdominal hernia (PAH) of various localization were analyzed. In 356 (78.5%) of patients PAH had occurred after performance of median laparotomy. In 1 to 10 years the PAH recurrence had occurred in 51 (16.1%) of patients: after hernioplasty according to Sapezhko method in 18, to Napalkov method--in 8, Mayo--in 4, Molodenkov--in 16, closure in layers with the aponeurousis duplicature forming--in 1, after the hernia defect closure at the joint with suture line immobilization--in 4.