Ventral hernia--darning with prolene: a cost-effective management.
Fifty-three cases of ventral hernia admitted between 15th July, 1993 and 31st December, 2001 in the IPGME&R, Kolkata is being presented with analysis of causes, method of repair and complications. The study was intended to find a simple, universal cost-effective repair of the deformity. Most cases can be repaired with a method of closure consisting of plication of the inner layer and 2 to 3 layered darning in the outer layer with '0' prolene. The main factor appears to be a tensionless closure and avoidance of postoperative infection and stress like cough and constipation. While in the west, use of prolene mesh has become a routine, the authors feel that darning is not only less expensive but reduces the amount of foreign body introduced.
Chatterjee
Sasanka Sekhar
SS
Department of Plastic Surgery, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata 700020.
Majumdar
B K
BK
Sarkar
Arindam
A
Bose
Sandip
S
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011126:Polypropylenes / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D011126:Polypropylenes