Do surgical drains reduce surgical site occurrence and infection after incisional hernia repair with sublay mesh? A non-randomised pilot study.

V LouisS DiabA VilleminC BrigandS ManfredelliJ-B DelhormeS RohrBenoît Romain

Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2023)

Drain placement in direct contact with the mesh might increase SSO rate. More studies are necessary to evaluate the actual benefits of drainage after incisional hernia repair.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
ultrasound guided
risk assessment
open label
surgical site infection
study protocol
randomized controlled trial
double blind
placebo controlled
case control