title: Modified Boerema technique for the closure of congenital abdominal wall defects to prevent incisional herniation and infection.
abstract: Tension and infection often cause wound dehiscence or incisional herniation after the fascial closure of congenital abdominal wall defects in neonates. To overcome these problems, a modification of the Boerema technique (a method for repairing large incisional hernia in adults) was applied to repair abdominal wall defects in 14 neonates. The efficacy of this technique is discussed in this report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamataka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchioka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyano
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*