Incidence of and Risk Factors for Incisional Hernia After Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases.

Harufumi MakiBradford J KimYoshikuni KawaguchiRamiro Fernandez-PlacenciaAntony HaddadElena PanettieriTimothy E NewhookDonald P BaumannDavid SantosHop S Tran CaoYun Shin ChunChing-Wei D TzengJean-Nicholas VautheyTimothy J Vreeland

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2023)

IH is common after open hepatectomy for CLM, particularly in obese patients and patients with surgical site infection. Surgeons should consider risk-mitigation strategies, including alternative fascial closure techniques.

Keyphrases

liver metastases
surgical site infection
obese patients
bariatric surgery
gastric bypass
roux en y gastric bypass
climate change
minimally invasive
risk factors
quality improvement
weight loss