Hernia, Ventral

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Abdominal musculature abnormalities as a cause of groin pain in athletes. Inguinal hernias and pubalgia. 
  • Addition of platelet-rich plasma supports immune modulation and improved mechanical integrity in Alloderm mesh for ventral hernia repair in a rat model. 
  • Amniotic fluid allograft enhances the host response to ventral hernia repair using acellular dermal matrix. 
  • Analysis of model development strategies: predicting ventral hernia recurrence. 
  • Bovine versus porcine acellular dermal matrix for abdominal wall herniorrhaphy or bridging. 
  • CT of the abdominal wall. 
  • Characterization of ventral incisional hernia and repair using shear wave elastography. 
  • Clinical application of porcine small intestinal submucosa in the management of infected or potentially contaminated abdominal defects. 
  • Complex abdominal wall hernias: a new classification system and approach to management based on review of 133 consecutive patients. 
  • Component Separation vs. Bridged Repair for Large Ventral Hernias: A Multi-Institutional Risk-Adjusted Comparison, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis. 
  • Cross-linking of porcine acellular dermal matrices negatively affects induced neovessel formation using platelet-rich plasma in a rat model of hernia repair. 
  • Current practice patterns for initial umbilical hernia repair in the United States. 
  • Decreased hernia recurrence using autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) with Strattice™ mesh in a rodent ventral hernia model. 
  • Discussion: A Current Review of Hybrid Meshes in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. 
  • Doxycycline alters collagen composition following ventral hernia repair. 
  • Doxycycline shows dose-dependent changes in hernia repair strength after mesh repair. 
  • Early mechanical failure of highly cross-linked porcine dermal matrix for abdominal wall reconstruction. 
  • Effect of Multimodal Analgesia on Opioid Use After Open Ventral Hernia Repair. 
  • Endometriosis in a spigelian hernia sac: an unexpected finding. 
  • Evolving concepts in ventral hernia repair and physical therapy: prehabilitation, rehabilitation, and analogies to tendon reconstruction. 
  • First human use of hybrid synthetic/biologic mesh in ventral hernia repair: a multicenter trial. 
  • From Open to MIS: Robotic Surgery Enables Surgeons to Do More With Less. 
  • Increased use of surgical energy promotes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in rabbits following open ventral hernia mesh repair. 
  • Laparoscopic ventral and incisional hernioplasty. 
  • Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair with primary fascial closure versus bridged repair: a risk-adjusted comparative study. 
  • Long-Term, Prospective, Multicenter Study of Poly-4-Hydroxybutyrate Mesh (Phasix Mesh) for Hernia Repair in Cohort at Risk for Complication: 60-Month Follow-Up. 
  • Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of suture versus mesh repair of incisional hernia. 
  • Modifying hernia mesh design to improve device mechanical performance and promote tension-free repair. 
  • Outcomes after Ventral Hernia Repair Using the Rives-Stoppa, Endoscopic, and Open Component Separation Techniques. 
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes after Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. 
  • Platelet rich plasma concentration improves biologic mesh incorporation and decreases multinucleated giant cells in a dose dependent fashion. 
  • Platelet rich plasma enhances tissue incorporation of biologic mesh. 
  • Platelet-rich plasma enhances mechanical strength of strattice in rat model of ventral hernia repair. 
  • Postoperative Prophylactic Antibiotics Reduce Surgical Site Infection Rates after Ventral Hernia Repair: A Systematic Review. 
  • Primary fascial closure during laparoscopic ventral hernia repair does not reduce 30-day wound complications. 
  • Prophylactic mesh to prevent incisional hernia: a note of caution. 
  • Prophylactic mesh used in ileal conduit formation following radical cystectomy: a retrospective cohort. 
  • Prospective evaluation of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh in CDC class I/high-risk ventral and incisional hernia repair: 18-month follow-up. 
  • Rationale and Technique for Measuring Abdominal Wall Tension in Hernia Repair. 
  • Recurrent abdominal laxity following interpositional human acellular dermal matrix. 
  • Spectrum and treatment of small bowel obstruction after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. 
  • Sublay versus underlay in open ventral hernia repair. 
  • Suture, synthetic, or biologic in contaminated ventral hernia repair. 
  • The case for a new post-graduate hernia designation: a review of fellowship council case logs from the past twelve-years. 
  • The effect of increasing body mass index on wound complications in open ventral hernia repair with mesh. 
  • The impact of hospital volume on clinical and economic outcomes in ventral hernia repair: an analysis with national policy implications. 
  • The search for an ideal method of abdominal fascial closure: a meta-analysis. 
  • The use of error analysis to assess resident performance. 
  • Ultrasound shear wave elastography effectively predicts integrity of ventral hernia repair using acellular dermal matrix augmented with platelet-rich plasma (PRP). 
  • Updates in abdominal wall management. 
  • Use of error management theory to quantify and characterize residents' error recovery strategies. 
  • Ventral Hernia Management: Expert Consensus Guided by Systematic Review. 
  • VersaStep trocar hernia rate in unclosed fascial defects in bariatric patients.