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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 121-128 |
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Ventral abdominal hernias in adults
Ismat Mohamed Mutwali
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alzaeim Alazhari University, Khartoum Bahri 13311, Sudan
Correspondence Address:
Ismat Mohamed Mutwali
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Alzaeim Alazhari University, P. O. Box: 1432, Khartoum Bahri 13311
Sudan
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DOI: 10.4103/1858-5000.202361 
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Ventral abdominal hernias (VAHs) are distinguishable from incisional hernias (IHs) and warrant a separate research and studies from IHs for better practice and interpretation of the outcomes. There are significant differences between IH and primary ventral hernia (PVH), in regard to etiology, mode of treatment, and different techniques employed for repairing, as well as complications and postoperative adverse results. Ventral hernias could be primary and these include umbilical hernia, epigastric hernia, spigelian hernia, and lumbar hernia, and secondary ventral hernias include IH. The aim of the present article is to review the risk factors, incidence, pathogenesis, prevention, complication, and management of the PVHs and to draw attention to the less common primary VAH, for those who need to acquire the knowledge about the topic, namely, under- and post-graduate medical students, surgical trainees, and junior surgeons in practice. A database search was performed using a combination of the search terms: primary ventral hernia, umbilical hernia, epigastric hernia, spigelian hernia and lumbar hernia risk factors, incidence, pathogenesis, prevention, and complications. Some of the relevant reference lists were searched manually to obtain more relevant literature. |
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