Chicago—Two large randomized trials from the Netherlands have demonstrated that surgeons can substantially reduce a patient’s risk for developing an incisional hernia after a midline laparotomy by using either a mesh-layered reinforcement or a “small bites” suture technique to close.
“As surgeons, you really do have opportunities to prevent incisional hernias,” said Johannes J. Jeekel, MD, PhD, of Erasmus University Medical