will persist in certain patients and encourage the development of a second incisional hernia and repeat surgery. The risk of complications has been shown to be about 13%. Each subsequent time ...

We present a case of chronic complex seroma following ventral incisional ... surgical treatment in the form of capsulectomy and scarification using argon beam coagulator was performed. He remained ...

Aims/Background A 43 year old lady with a past history of previous laparoscopic incisional hernia repair presented with a recurrence. Following open repair, she developed an extremely symptomatic ...

Introduction Biological meshes are increasingly used in the repair of complex, large incisional hernias, particularly in the context of a contaminated surgical field ... ventral or incisional hernias ...

Introduction Incisional hernia has an incidence of up to 20% following laparotomy and is associated with significant morbidity and impairment of quality of life. A variety of surgical strategies ... A ...