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Surgical Closure of Equine Abdomen, Prevention, and Management of Incisional Complications
Published on: May 10, 2024
Outcomes of subsequent abdominal operations after an initial ventral hernia repair
Anna Hayden1, Samantha Worth1, Brittany Kothari2
1University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, USA.
Introduction:
Nearly 20% of ventral hernia repair (VHR) patients require a subsequent abdominal operation (SAO), and mesh position may impact the complexity and outcome of the SAO.
Methods:
Retrospective review of VHR with mesh from 2006 to 2020 from an internal database and the ACHQC. Primary outcomes measured incidence, complexity, and complications of SAO relative to mesh position.
Results:
SAO was required in 433 of 2539 (17.1%) patients, totaling 671 operations; 197/893 (22.1%) with intraperitoneal mesh (IPM) and 236/1646 (14.3%) with extraperitoneal mesh (EPM; p < 0.001). SAO was directly related to VHR in 180 (232 total SAOs) and unrelated in 253 (439 total SAOs). There were no significant differences in complications after SAO between IPM and EPM, nor any difference in adhesion complexity.
Conclusion:
Incidence of SAO is higher with IPM, but surgical outcomes are similar. Due to the risk of secondary mesh infection with IPM, significantly more of these were removed at the time of SAO.
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