Umbilical hernia repair in patients with cirrhosis: systematic review of mortality and complications.

Christian SnitkjærK K JensenN A HenriksenM P WergeN KimerL L GluudM W Christoffersen

Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2022)

Patients with cirrhosis undergoing emergency umbilical hernia repair have a considerably increased risk of death and severe complications. Accordingly, additional evidence is needed to evaluate methods that would allow elective umbilical hernia repair in patients with cirrhosis.

Keyphrases

systematic review
risk factors
meta analyses
emergency department
public health
healthcare
patients undergoing
early onset
randomized controlled trial
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease