Incisional hernia repair by synthetic mesh prosthesis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a comparative analysis

Abstract Background Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have a high-life time risk undergoing abdominal surgery and are prone to develop incisional hernias (IH) in the postoperative course. Therefore, we investigated the role of IBD as perioperative risk factor in open ventral hernia repa...

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Main Authors: Daniel Heise, Charles Schram, Roman Eickhoff, Jan Bednarsch, Marius Helmedag, Sophia M. Schmitz, Andreas Kroh, Christian Daniel Klink, Ulf Peter Neumann, Andreas Lambertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01350-9