Shoelace Darn Repair of Abdominal Incisional Hernias
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal,
2007, Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 198-202
Abstract
ABSTRACT:BACKGROUND:
Abdominal incisional hernias are a common condition in practice. Numerous surgical procedures have been used to repair them with different results.
OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to find the place of shoelace darn in the repair of incisional hernias.
METHOD:
One hundred patients with abdominal incisional hernias have been managed by a shoelace darn repair., The details of the operative technique have been described.
RESULTS:
shoelace darn repair was an easy procedure associated with some complications, and followed by recurrence in 4 patients. The age, sex, clinical presentation, the type of previous surgery, the type of incisional hernia, the body built of the patients were discussed .
CONCLUSION:
Shoelace darn repair have got a good place in managing abdominal incisional hernias
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