A clinical and radiological assessment of incisional hernias following closure of temporary stomas

Retrospective observational study on the incidence of incisional hernias after reversal of a temporary diverting ileostomy following rectal carcinoma resection with follow-up CT scans

“…This is a lower incidence than previously reported in studies specifically designed to Hernia assess this outcome [5][6][7], but these studies most often involved both ileostomy and colostomy wounds. The patients included in this study are a homogenous group of reversed temporary ileostomies after LAR for rectal cancer.…”

“…A recent systematic review reported the median incidence of stoma site IH to be 8.3 % (range 0-33.9 %) and to be 44.1 % (range 8.7-58.1 %) for midline IH [3,4]. In 3 studies specifically designed to assess stoma site herniation and with a low risk of bias, the incidence of IH at the stoma site ranged from 30.1 to 32.4 % [5][6][7]. Most studies included stoma sites after both ileostomies and colostomies.…”

European Hernia Society guidelines on the closure of abdominal wall incisions

“…The PRISMA flow diagram is shown in addendum 3 (Key Question A). Fifteen records were included in the qualitative analysis [3][4][5][6][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60]. Only four studies were retained as High Quality and are listed in the Summary of Findings table (Table 2) [5, [50][51][52].…”

Incidence, risk factors and prevention of stoma site incisional hernias: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Eight studies reported on risk factors for development of SSIH (Table ) . In univariate analysis, Brook et al .…”