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| Leif IsraelssonSummaryAffiliation: Sundsvall Hospital Country: Sweden Publications
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[Closure of midline incisions. A lot of small, same-size stitches in the aponeurosis improve wound healing]Yucel Cengiz
Kirurgkliniken, Sundsvalls sjukhus
Lakartidningen 99:2742-4. 2002..An adequate ratio should be achieved by placing many stitches into the aponeurosis. High tension on the suture should be avoided...
Cost analysis of incisional hernia repair by suture or meshL A Israelsson
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Science, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Hernia 7:114-7. 2003..For retired patients, the total costs with a mesh repair were 1,898 SEK lower than with a suture repair. We conclude that in this setting, mesh repair of incisional hernias produced lower costs than suture repair...
Preventing and treating parastomal herniaLeif A Israelsson
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Science, Umea University, Umea, SE 90187 Sweden
World J Surg 29:1086-9. 2005..Relocation of the stoma, with prophylactic mesh in a sublay position at the new site and sublay mesh repairing the incisional hernia at the primary site, is the standard method for treating parastomal hernia in our department...
[Choose midline incision for the best access to the abdominal cavity]Leif Israelsson
Institutionen för kirurgi och perioperativ vetenskap, Umea Universitet, Kirurgkliniken, Sundsvalls sjukhus
Lakartidningen 102:1042-3, 1045. 2005..Wound dehiscence rates have not been proven to differ and the rate of incisional hernia is similar with both types of incision...
Incisional hernia repair in Sweden 2002L A Israelsson
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Science, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Hernia 10:258-61. 2006..Suture repair, with its unacceptable results, is common and mesh techniques employed may not be optimal. This study has led to the instigation of a national incisional hernia register...
Parastomal herniasLeif A Israelsson
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Science, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Surg Clin North Am 88:113-25, ix. 2008..Several mesh repair techniques are used in open and laparoscopic surgery, but randomized trials comparing various techniques and with long-term follow-up are needed for better evidence...
[Parastomal hernia treatment with prosthetic mesh repair]L A Israelsson
Department of Surgery and Perioperative Science, Umea University, Umea, Schweden
Chirurg 81:216-21. 2010..Although several questions within this field still have to be answered, it seems obvious that use of a mesh represents a suitable measure for the prevention of parastomal hernia as well as parastomal hernia repair...
Preventing parastomal hernia with a prosthetic meshArthur Jänes
Kirurgkliniken, Sundsvalls sjukhus, SE 851 86 Sundsvall, Sweden
Arch Surg 139:1356-8. 2004..The lowest recurrence rate has been produced when repair is with a prosthetic mesh. This study evaluated the effect on stoma complications of using a mesh during the primary operation...
