Prevention of complications of incisional hernia repair: Current problem state (review)

Abstract

The review covers the important aspects of complications in incisional hernia repair. The paper specifies the most relevant issues of modern herniology, its social and economical aspects, considers the preventive techniques for preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative complications. When describing the preoperative predictive and preventive methods in complications, the authors analyzed the existent classifications and integral grading scales for patients’ state indicators, showed the benefits and drawbacks of current techniques of preoperative preparation. The part devoted to an intraoperative period presents the main current hernia repair techniques, mesh implants, and their characteristics. Much attention is given to the description of surgical options depending on mesh arrangement in relation to anatomical abdominal wall layers, and the assessment of mesh implant types, their selection for a specific clinical setting. The review considers the principles of component separation as one of the most promising directions of abdominal surgery. When studying the postoperative preventive methods, the emphasis was made on the description of fast-track principles. Currently, a fast-track technique is being widely used in surgery, and gaining popularity in herniology.