[The role of resorbable mesh in the treatment of postoperative eventrations]

Between the simple parietoplasties reserved for small eventrations and the insertion of non-resorbable prostheses, veritable "second" walls for large parietal defects, the place of a resorbable prosthesis is still open to debate. The latter acts, in fact, as a temporary internal contention at a time when the wall is weakened by the repair operation and is exposed prematurely to recurrence. A true "reinforced parietoplasty", this technic was used in 42 patients over" the last four years, without mortality or infectious complication and with only one partial recurrence after a mean follow up of 28 months.