Causes of prolonged hospitalization after open incisional hernia repair: an observational single-center retrospective study of a prospective database.

Daniel Mark SkovgaardsH M H DiabH G MidtgaardL N JørgensenKristian Kiim Jensen

Published in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2021)

Causes for prolonged hospitalization after OIHR were possibly reducible. Future efforts to improve the ERAS regime and reduce LOS after OIHR should focus on pain treatment- and prevention, alternatives to epidural treatment, and well-defined, evidence-based discharge criteria.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
spinal cord
emergency department
minimally invasive
quality improvement
cross sectional
smoking cessation