López-Cano, M;
García-Alamino, J. M;
Antoniou, S. A;
Bennet, D;
Dietz, U. A;
Ferreira, F;
Fortelny, R. H;
Hernandez-Granados, P;
Miserez, M;
Montgomery, A;
Morales-Conde, S;
Muysoms, F;
Pereira, J. A;
Schwab, R;
Slater, N;
Vanlander, A;
Van Ramshorst, G. H;
Berrevoet, F.
To provide guidelines for all surgical specialists who deal with the open abdomen (OA) or the burst abdomen (BA) in adult patients both on the methods used to close the musculofascial layers of the abdominal wall, and regarding possible materials to be used. The guidelines were developed using the Gradin...
Antoniou, SA;
Agresta, F;
Garcia Alamino, JM;
Berger, D;
Berrevoet, F;
Brandsma, HT;
Bury, K;
Conze, J;
Cuccurullo, D;
Dietz, UA;
Fortelny, RH;
Frei-Lanter, C;
Hansson, B;
Helgstrand, F;
Hotouras, A;
Jänes, A;
Kroese, LF;
Lambrecht, JR;
Kyle-Leinhase, I;
López-Cano, M;
Maggiori, L;
Mandalà, V;
Miserez, M;
Montgomery, A;
Morales-Conde, S;
Prudhomme, M;
Rautio, T;
Smart, N;
Śmietański, M;
Szczepkowski, M;
Stabilini, C;
Muysoms, FE.
Background
International guidelines on the prevention and treatment of parastomal hernias are lacking. The European Hernia Society therefore implemented a Clinical Practice Guideline development project.
Methods
The guidelines development group consisted of general, hernia and colorectal surgeons, a bio...
Muysoms, F. E;
Antoniou, S. A;
Bury, K;
Campanelli, G;
Conze, J;
Cuccurullo, D;
Beaux, A. C. de;
Deerenberg, E. B;
East, B;
Fortelny, R. H;
Gillion, J. F;
Henriksen, N. A;
Israelsson, L;
Jairam, A;
Jänes, A;
Jeekel, J;
López-Cano, M;
Miserez, M;
Morales-Conde, S;
Sanders, D. L;
Simons, M. P;
Śmietański, M;
Venclauskas, L;
Berrevoet, F.
BACKGROUND: The material and the surgical technique used to close an abdominal wall incision are important determinants of the risk of developing an incisional hernia. Optimising closure of abdominal wall incisions holds a potential to prevent patients suffering from incisional hernias and for important ...
