Mesh placement and patient-reported outcomes in primary ventral hernia repair: a nationwide survey- and register-based study
Usamah Ahmed, Hugin Reistrup, Anders Gram-Hanssen, Jacob Rosenberg, Laus Wolsing Wullum, Jason Joe Baker · 2026
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Description
Usamah Ahmed and co-authors link mesh placement in hernia repair to how patients feel afterward. Mesh cuts the odds of the hernia coming back. Where the sheet sits, on top, below, or inside, may shape pain and odd feelings. Denmark's hernia register joined with a national survey gave a huge sample.
Over ten thousand patients rated their outcomes on a hernia specific scale. Scores were good across all placements. One placement, tucked before the wall lining, edged out the top laid option by a small margin. It also came with less severe long term pain and less sense of a foreign body. The authors call the edge real but small.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Usamah Ahmed, Hugin Reistrup, Anders Gram-Hanssen, Jacob Rosenberg, Laus Wolsing Wullum, Jason Joe Baker |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |