F E Muysoms, S A Antoniou, K Bury, G Campanelli, J Conze, D Cuccurullo, A C de Beaux, E B Deerenberg, B East, R H Fortelny, J-F Gillion, N A Henriksen, L Israelsson, A Jairam, A Jänes, J Jeekel, M López-Cano, M Miserez, S Morales-Conde, D L Sanders, M P Simons, M Śmietański, L Venclauskas, F Berrevoet
BACKGROUND: The material and the surgical technique used to close an abdominal wall incision are important determinants of the risk of developing an incisional hernia. Optimising closure of abdominal wall incisions holds a potential to prevent patients suffering from incisional hernias and for important costs savings in health care. METHODS: The European Hernia Society formed a Guidelines Development Group to provide guidelines for all surgical specialists who perform abdominal incisions in adult patients on the materials and methods used to close the abdominal wall...
February 2015: Hernia: the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery