[Surgical treatment without recurrences ventral hernias as a social problem]

The authors have analyzed social aspects of surgical treatment of postoperative ventral hernias and described results of the surgical treatment of 149 patients. Specific measures used in preoperative preparation and in operative treatment of elderly and senile patients are considered. Long-term results of surgical treatment of 76 patients have been studied who had undergone plasty of the anterior abdominal wall with the application of a reticulate polypropelene explant. This method was shown to be pathogenetic and highly reliable for surgical treatment of postoperative ventral hernias.