The salvage of mesh infection after hernia repair with the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), a systematic review.

The treatment of mesh infection after hernia repair should be individualized according to the mesh type, mesh position and the severity of infection. Infected mesh with favourable mesh materials (large pore and monofilament polypropylene) and favourable positions (onlay or sublay/retromuscular) can be salvaged with the use of NPWT based conservative method.