OBJECTIVE High recurrence rates have been documented after primary repair of incisional hernias. Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernia repairs have been performed with very low rates of recurrence. We have modified the standard technique of laparoscopic repair in patients with small incisional and ventral hernias. The purpose of this study was to document the technique utilizing only two 5...

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HYPOTHESIS Separation of components is a safe and effective technique for abdominal wall reconstruction in morbidly obese patients. DESIGN Review of a prospectively accumulated database. SETTING University tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS Thirty morbidly obese patients who underwent ventral hernia repair using the separation of components technique between August 1, 2001, and August...

OBJECTIVE To compare the laparotomy and laparoscopy techniques for correction of ventral hernia when related to perioperative complications, length of hospitalization, surgical time, and recurrence of hernia. METHODS This was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials, which included studies retrieved from four databases (MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane and LILACS), using a combination of ...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing incisional/ventral hernia repair are at risk of developing several postoperative complications particularly venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess 30-day postoperative morbidity and mortality of patients undergoing incisional/ventral hernia repair and to determine the association between...

Surgical site infection due to Mycobacterium mageritense is reported in an 85-year-old Japanese woman. In this patient, a mesh patch was inserted to close a ventral hernia and surgical site infection occurred 7 days postoperatively. The isolate was confirmed to be Mycobacterium mageritense by analysis of the 16S rRNA and rpoB genes. The infection was successfully treated with negative pressure ...

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Abstract 59-year-old female presented with symptoms of small bowel obstruction. She had a history previous open right hemi-colectomy. also complex strangulated ventral hernia which required laparotomy and repair. Following this the patient recurrence hernia. Examination demonstrated non-tender irreducible recurrent in high BMI (> 40). CT reported midline containing dilated loops. Additio...

BACKGROUND Postoperative pain control after laparoscopic ventral hernia repairs remains a significant clinical problem. We sought to determine the pain-sparing efficacy of local anesthetic infiltrated into the abdominal wall wounds created by the placement of transabdominal sutures used to ensure adequate fixation of the mesh during laparoscopic ventral hernia repair. METHODS Patients undergo...