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  • Component separation technique (CST) is crucial for complex ventral hernia repair (VHR).
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  • Analytic morphomics offers a novel approach to quantify these morphological changes.

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  • To describe immediate abdominal wall morphological changes after VHR using CST.
  • To apply analytic morphomics to quantify alterations in abdominal dimensions post-VHR.
  • To correlate morphological changes with the functional outcomes of CST in VHR.

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  • Retrospective analysis of 21 patients undergoing VHR by CST with pre- and post-operative CT scans.
  • Semiautomated morphomic analysis to measure abdominal wall dimensions (anterior-posterior distance, skin/fascia compartments).
  • Paired Student t-tests to compare pre- and post-operative measurements.

Main Results:

  • Significant decrease in anterior-posterior vertebra-to-skin distance (P=0.007).
  • Significant reduction in total body area (P=0.017) and circumference (P=0.016).
  • Fascia area and circumference showed no significant decrease, suggesting preserved fascial integrity.

Conclusions:

  • Morphomic analysis effectively quantifies pre- and post-operative changes in abdominal surgery.
  • CST significantly alters overall abdominal dimensions while preserving fascial area and circumference.
  • These findings support CST as a functional VHR procedure, explaining its clinical success through muscular and fascial restoration.