Cumulative incidence of midline incisional hernia and its surgical treatment after radical cystectomy and urinary diversion for bladder cancer: A nation-wide population-based study.

Fredrik LiedbergOskar HagbergFiras AljaberyTruls GårdmarkStaffan JahnsonTomas JerlströmAgneta MontgomeryAmir SherifViveka StröckChristel HäggströmLars Holmberg

Published in: PloS one (2021)

The cumulative incidence of MIH was 8% three years postoperatively, and increase over time. Avoiding postoperative wound dehiscence after midline closure is important to decrease the risk of MIH.

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risk factors
patients undergoing
surgical site infection
robot assisted
wound healing