Your risk is even higher if you’ve ever had abdominal surgery or have a medical condition that causes fluid to build up there ...

1. Who treats an incisional hernia? A general surgeon or a plastic surgeon treats Incisional hernia. 2. Who gets an incisional hernia? Incisional Hernias can occur in anyone who has an incision, most ...

A randomized multi-centre trial comparing the cost-effectiveness of two surgical techniques for the repair of incisional hernias: laparoscopic vs. conventional open repair. The following patients will ...

Incisional hernias are more likely to occur in people who have had multiple abdominal operations, those who have chronic cough or if they are over-weight or pregnant. This occurs after 2-10% of all ...

Liver transplantation has long served as a lifesaving intervention for patients with terminal liver disease. However, the necessity for extensive surgical incisions, combined with post‐operative ...

A new app can predict the likelihood that a patient will develop an incisional hernia following abdominal surgery, using big data to potentially help address a problem effects one out of every eight ...

Among patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over 5 years compared with when mesh was not used, ...

For technical reasons, the English full text will be published approximately two weeks after the German print edition has been published. 1. Hoer J, Lawong G, Klinge U, Schumpelick V: Factors ...

Background: Annually approximately 100.000 patients undergo a laparotomy in the Netherlands. About 15,000 of these patients will develop an incisional hernia. Both open and laparoscopic surgical ...