title: [Treatment of large midline eventration with aponeurosis autograft and retromuscular prosthesis. Apropos of 40 case reports].
abstract: Forty patients presenting midline incisional hernias either recurring or larger than 10 cm in transversal diameter were treated using Teflon prosthesis. Implantation site was the retromuscular space following the J. Rives technique. There were no postoperative deaths. Nor have we observed any recurrence among the 40 patients for a period of 6 to 56 months. Three wound infections completely exposing the prosthesis were recorded. These infections healed and it was necessary in only one case to remove a portion to the prosthesis. The low percentage of pulmonary complications can be attributed to 1) an intensive preoperative respiratory therapy, 2) standardized surgical technique, 3) epidural anesthesia permitting early effective postoperative respiratory therapy.
authors: Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann (U.L.B.), Bruxelles.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Azagra
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Alle
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Demortier
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Plasman
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Dethoor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005205:Fascia / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
vernacular_title: Traitement de éventrations médianes volumineuses par autoplastie aponévrotique et prothèse rétromusculaire. A propos de 40 observations.