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10738613

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
The Authors in this report describe their experience with complex giant ventral hernias repaired by omentoplasty and polypropylene meshes. They explain their own technique of using the omentum when there is a lack of tissue and the need of an autologous tissue to place between the viscera and the above-lying polypropylene mesh. Among the 5 patients repaired, 4 had a giant sub-umbilical midline ventral hernia and one had a giant border ventral hernia. In all patients, the omentum was placed between the viscera and the mesh, which was fixed by interrupted sutures to the above-lying musculoaponeurotic plane. No complications, signs of bowel obstruction, or recurrences occurred. The Authors stress the omentum as an ideal tissue because of its biocompatibility and prevention of adhesions and fistulas allowing the use of a rigid and efficient prosthesis such as polypropylene. Thus, on the basis of their own short- and long-term good results, they suggest, whenever possible and necessary, the use of omentoplasty to repair complex giant ventral hernias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-4773
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
389-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Repair of complex giant ventral hernias with polypropylene and omentoplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
I Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article