Abstract
Primary and incisional ventral hernias are common conditions often encountered in surgical practice. Because of the frequency of this problem it has come to be managed by surgeons in general, regardless of the type of hospital or the conditions dealt with in their daily practice. The incidence of incisional hernias is 2 to 11% according to some series (1, 2), and 3 to 13% according to other authors (3), increasing to over 40% if the surgical wound becomes infected during the postoperative period (3).
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Morales-Conde, S., Morales-Méndez, S. (2003). Introduction. In: Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0752-2_1
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