Impact of pericardium bovine patch (Tutomesh(®)) on incisional hernia treatment in contaminated or potentially contaminated fields: retrospective comparative study.
Hernia
; 19(2): 259-66, 2015 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-24584456
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This retrospective comparative study analyzes the outcome of patients affected by incisional hernia in potentially contaminated or contaminated field, treated by three operative techniques.METHODS:
152 patients (62 M90 F; mean age 65 ± 14 years) underwent incisional hernia repair (January 2002-January 2012) in complicated settings. Criteria of inclusion in the study were represented by the following causes of admission mesh rejection/infection, obstruction without gangrene but with possible peritoneal bacterial translocation, obstruction with gangrene, enterocutaneous fistula or simultaneous presence of ileo- or colostomy. The patients were divided into three groups A (n = 76), treated with primary closure technique; B and C (n = 38 each), with reinforcement by synthetic or pericardium bovine mesh (Tutomesh(®)), respectively. The prosthetic groups were divided into Onlay and Sublay subgroups.RESULTS:
Significant decreases in C vs A were observed for wound infection (3 vs 37%) and recurrence (0 vs 14%), and in C vs B for wound infection (3 vs 53%), seroma (0 vs 34%) and recurrence (0 vs 16%). Patients with concomitant bowel resection (BR) (43%) showed (all P < 0.05) an increase of overall morbidity (55 vs 33%) and wound infection rate (42 vs 24%) compared to cases without BR. Morbidity presented no significant differences in C-Onlay or Sublay subgroups. B-Sublay subgroup has (all P < 0.05) lower overall morbidity (20 vs 75%), wound infection (10 vs 68%) and seroma (0 vs 46%) than B-Onlay.CONCLUSIONS:
The pericardium bovine patch seems to be safe and effective to successfully repair ventral hernia in potentially contaminated operative fields, especially in association with bowel resection.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Surgical Wound Infection
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Hernia, Ventral
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Hernia
Journal subject:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article