Reconstructive operation of large incisional hernias.
During the last 18 years we have treated few hundreds of patients with large incisional hernias. In more than the half of the cases our surgical procedure followed 3, 4 or even 5 previous surgical operations. In about 160 patients the hernia was connected with obesity, and in 25 females with pendulous abdomen. Our results were good due to anatomic and plastic reconstruction of the abdominal wall, and in case of the tension in the suture line--the application of decompression sutures or the implantation of knitted nets.
D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000150:complications; D013536:Suture Techniques