Cardiff repair of incisional hernia: a university hospital experience.
OBJECTIVE
To analyse our results of the "Cardiff' (far and near) repair in incisional hernias.


METHODS
Prospective study.


METHODS
University hospital, Varanasi, India.


METHODS
50 patients who presented with incisional hernias between January 1990 and December 1994.


METHODS
Interrupted far-and-near sutures inserted after excision of the sac. The contents were pushed into the abdomen and the peritoneum sutured with non-absorbable polypropylene (prolene).


METHODS
Early and late morbidity. Six patients developed postoperative complications (wound infection, n=3; flap necrosis, n=2; and wound sinus, n=1). No patient has been lost to follow up and there have been no signs of recurrence after a mean follow up of 52 months.


CONCLUSIONS
The meticulous application of this simple surgical technique has low morbidity and is cost effective. We recommend it for small and medium size defects.
Shukla
V K
VK
Department of Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Gupta
A
A
Singh
H
H
Pandey
M
M
Gautam
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002439:Cefotaxime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000601:surgery*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002511:Cephalosporins; D002439:Cefotaxime