B De Simone, A Birindelli, L Ansaloni, M Sartelli, F Coccolini, S Di Saverio, V Annessi, F Amico, F Catena
PURPOSE: In July 2013, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) held the first Consensus Conference on emergency repair of abdominal wall hernias in adult patients with the intention of producing evidence-based guidelines to assist surgeons in the management of complicated abdominal wall hernias. Guidelines were updated in 2017 in keeping with varying clinical practice: benefits resulting from the increased use of biological prosthesis in the emergency setting were highlighted, as previously published in the World Journal of Emergency Surgery...
August 12, 2019: Hernia: the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery