High incidence of symptomatic incisional hernia after midline extraction in laparoscopic colon resection
- 12 May 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Surgical Endoscopy
- Vol. 26 (11), 3180-3185
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-012-2311-7
Abstract
The incidence of incisional hernia has not decreased despite the use of laparoscopy for colon resections. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of the incision used for specimen extraction on the incidence of incisional hernia after laparoscopic colectomy.Keywords
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