Use of prophylactic stoma mesh is a risk factor for developing rectus abdominis muscle atrophy.

S Täckström Abbas Chabok Kenneth Smedh Maziar Nikberg

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

Placement of a prophylactic retro-muscular stoma mesh resulted in a high frequency of RAM atrophy distal to the stomal aperture and patients with such atrophy had a lower risk of developing a PSH.

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