By Christina Frangou
A risk assessment model has found several modifiable intraoperative practices that increase risk for surgical site occurrences after open ventral hernia repair.
These practices include use of skin flaps, single-stage repairs for hernias that are actively infected and improper placement of mesh.
“High-risk patients undergoing complex ventral hernia repairs are probably enduring one of the hardest and most difficult surgeries that they will ever experience in their