Surgical site occurrence after prophylactic use of mesh for prevention of incisional hernia in midline laparotomy: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
Edgard Efrén Lozada-HernándezIrma Lisseth Maldonado BarriosSebastián Amador RamírezJonathan Lennie Rodríguez CasillasDiego Hinojosa UgarteRafal Ludwik Smolinski KurekBruno Crocco QuirósRoland Kevin Cethorth FonsecaAlfonso Sánchez TéranMichelle Macias GragedaPublished in: Surgical endoscopy (2023)
The use of mesh reduces the prevalence of IH and it does not increases the prevalence of SSO, the NNT net determined that the use of mesh continues to be beneficial for the patient.