title: The lateral paramedian: revisiting a forgotten incision.
abstract: Incisional hernia is a potential complication of all abdominal incisions and still remains a significant problem financially and medically. Presently, there is a lack of general consensus among surgeons in regard to the optimal treatment. The midline incision is the most common used abdominal incision and it carries a high incidence of incisional hernia (up to 15%). The paramedian incision was known to lead to a small incidence of incisional hernias. This discussion is meant to bring the paramedian incision back to the picture as a hope to decrease the incidence of incisional hernia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Niazy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Selim
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control