Fixation-free incisional hernia repair in the elderly: our experience with a tentacle-shaped implant.

Giorgio RomanoPier Giorgio CalòEnrico ErdasFabio MedasLuca GordiniFrancesco PoddaGiuseppe Amato

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2016)

The tentacle arms of the implant ensured mesh stability and broad defect overlap. Besides a very low complication rate, none of the typical postoperative complications of aged patients occurred.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
soft tissue
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
minimally invasive
middle aged
patient reported outcomes