[Surgical treatment of postoperative abdominal hernia]

After surgical treatment of 664 patients with postoperative abdominal hernias (PAH) within the period of from 1972 to 1983, the incidence of recurrences was 48.4%. On the basis of studying microcirculation at the area of hernioplasty and its dependence on tissue tension force in the experiment on animals and at operations by means of radiometry, rheometry and fluorimetric analysis, the technique for surgical treatment of PAH with regard to location of a defect, including the method of plasty, system of preoperative preparation and prophylaxis of the postoperative wound complications, has been developed. From 1984, 200 patients with PAH were operated on, the incidence of recurrences decreased to 2.4%.