Abstract
Background: Abdominal incision hernia is a common complication of abdominal surgery. Despite significant improvements in medical technology and healthcare, an increasing number of patients are also benefiting from complex surgical procedures. The objective of this study was to analyze the risk factors for incisional abdominal hernias and to identify measures that could reduce the incidence of this complication.
Material and methods: All patients included in the study are from the University Hospital of Trauma for a period of 3 years, from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017.
Eighty-seven adult patients who underwent surgical repair of incisional abdominal wall hernia were enrolled.
Variables that are compared in this study include the type of suture material, type of suture technique and concomitant diseases .etc.
Results: According to our study the risk factors for incisional hernia are related to patients and the abdominal surgery used, the size of the abdominal wall defects.
Conclusions: Risk factors such as the size of the defect, wound infection, obesity, use of steroids and chronic constipation have great importance and have to be strictly evaluated as they have more chances to lead to a possible recurrence…