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  • Title: [Prophylaxis of postoperative ventral hernias with polypropylene endograft].
    Author: Sukovatykh BS, Valuĭskaia NM, Netiaga AA, Zhukovskiĭ VA, Pravednikova NV.
    Journal: Khirurgiia (Mosk); 2007; (9):46-50. PubMed ID: 18231098.
    Abstract:
    Results of clinical examination of abdominal cavity at 450 patients with various abdominal surgical diseases are analyzed. Special scale has been developed for risk assessment of postoperative hernia, identification of absolute and relative indications for abdominal endografting. Overall 47 patients according to absolute indications underwent preventive plastic surgery with polypropylene endograft during abdominal operations. There were no cases of postoperative hernia during 1-3 years of follow-up.
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