by editor | Apr 28, 2016 | Abdominal, AWR, News
Burst abdomen and incisional hernias are serious complications in open abdominal surgery. Some risk factors for these complications have been described previously, but their incidence in the entire community, as well as the impact of specific risk factors, is...
by editor | Apr 14, 2016 | Hernia, News
More than 140,000 patients in Sweden undergo open abdominal wall surgery every year. Common complications are wound dehiscence and incisional hernias. A wound dehiscence, i.e. a rupture of the wound along the stitches in the fascia, may turn into a complete dehiscence...