Erschienen in:
01.10.2005 | Letter to the Editor
Prosthetic repair, intestinal resection, and potentially contaminated areas: safe and feasible?
verfasst von:
A. Iannelli, P. Fabiani, J. Gugenheim
Erschienen in:
Hernia
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Ausgabe 3/2005
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Excerpt
In issue 8 (2004), Campanelli et al. [
1] addressed the problem of prosthetic repair of acquired abdominal wall hernias in patients undergoing intestinal resection or other potentially contaminated digestive operations. Results of single-step surgical strategy including mesh repair of hernia and intestinal resection or cholecystectomy presented in this paper are good with no complication at a mean follow-up of 21 months. However, several points need to be further discussed as the drawbacks of the single step surgical strategy include postoperative complication due to mesh infection, which may be life-threatening. …