title: Economics of abdominal wall reconstruction.
abstract: The economic aspects of abdominal wall reconstruction are frequently overlooked, although understandings of the financial implications are essential in providing cost-efficient health care. Ventral hernia repairs are frequently performed surgical procedures with significant economic ramifications for employers, insurers, providers, and patients because of the volume of procedures, complication rates, the significant rate of recurrence, and escalating costs. Because biological mesh materials add significant expense to the costs of treating complex abdominal wall hernias, the role of such costly materials needs to be better defined to ensure the most cost-efficient and effective treatments for ventral abdominal wall hernias.
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastrointestinal & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division of General Surgery, A. B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose Street, UKMC - C224, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bower
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000601:surgery*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D059685:Herniorrhaphy / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics; D013526:Surgical Mesh / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States
keywords: Abdominal wall reconstruction; Cost; Economics; Hernia