title: [Complications of open prosthetic surgery for large incisional hernias].
abstract: The authors examine the complications of open prosthetic surgery for incisional hernias and analyse them from different points of view. The case series includes, over a period of 16 years, 492 hernioplasties for incisional hernias and 160 (32.5%) for large incisional hernias. The authors stress that the best results have been achieved by the retromuscular placement of prostheses. They conclude that while, on the one hand, the successful use of prosthetic material has marked the end of the inoperability of this pathology, such procedures are closely associated with the development of complications, which were unknown in the pre-prosthetic era and are sometimes very serious and linked to the site of the prosthesis and to the kind of material used.
authors.affiliation: UO di Chirurgia Generale a Indirizzo Endocrino, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche Generali e Speciali, Universita degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonante
authors.forename: Maria Grazia
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lo Schiavo
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonanno
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Alia
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taranto
authors.forename: Ettore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gagliano
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sturniolo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000009:adverse effects*