Short-term outcomes and healthcare resource utilization following incisional hernia repair with synthetic mesh in patients with Crohn's disease.
Breanna C PerlmutterH AlkhatibA L LightnerA FafajS J ZolinC C PetroD M KrpataA S PrabhuS D HolubarM J RosenPublished in: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery (2021)
The use of extra-peritoneal synthetic mesh during incisional hernia repair in patients with Crohn's disease was not associated with a prohibitively high rate of post-operative complications or an increase in healthcare resource utilization to suggest worsening disease during the first 4 years after repair. Future studies exploring the long-term outcomes of this technique are needed.