title: Incisional ventral hernias: review of the literature and recommendations regarding the grading and technique of repair.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Breuing
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferzoco
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franz
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hultman
authors.forename: Joshua F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kilbridge
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Ronald P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vargo
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000592:standards; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*