Incisional Hernias after Vascular Surgery for Aortoiliac Aneurysm and Aortoiliac Occlusive Arterial Disease: Has Prophylactic Mesh Changed This Scenario?
Rodrigo Piltcher -da-SilvaPedro San Martin SoaresDebora Oliveira HüttenClaudia Carolina SchnorrIsabelle Garibaldi ValandroBruno B RaboliniBrenda Massochin MedeirosRafaela Girardi DuarteBernardo Silveira VolkweisMarco Aurélio GrudtnerLeandro Totti CavazzolaPublished in: Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) (2023)
Use of prophylactic mesh in the repair of AAA significantly reduces the incidence of IH in nearly one in five cases. Our data suggest that there is benefit in the use of prophylactic mesh in open aneurysmectomy surgery regarding postoperative IH development.