ArticleLangenbeck's archives of surgery2025
To drain or not to drain in minimal invasive ventral hernia surgery.
Article in Langenbeck's archives of surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Beyond acronyms: a domain-based structural analysis of abdominal wall hernia repair techniques in the contemporary literature.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
- How Reproducible Are Abdominal Wall Surgical Techniques? A Methodological Assessment of Technical Reporting in the Contemporary Literature.Journal of abdominal wall surgery : JAWS · 2026Article
- Extended-view totally extraperitoneal repair for ventral hernias: a retrospective analysis of perioperative outcomes and the role of ASA score.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Short-term outcomes of robotic eTEP versus TAPP for ventral hernia repair: insights from a propensity-matched cohort.Journal of robotic surgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeDespite the high prevalence of ventral hernias worldwide, intraoperative drain placement remains a controversial topic. The benefit in reducing postoperative complications has not yet been clearly demonstrated. This study investigates whether a drain prevents postoperative complications after minimally invasive ventral hernia repair using the extended-totally-extraperitoneal-(eTEP)-technique.
methodsThis monocentric, retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwent eTEP between 2019 and 2024. Two comparison groups were formed (54 patients with drain,106 patients without) and analysed for potential differences.
resultsThere were no significant sociodemographic or clinical differences between the study groups. The defect size was larger in the drain group (drain: 13 cm
conclusionWe found no significant differences between patients with and without drains after eTEP regarding the frequency of postoperative complications, SSOs and SSIs. Our findings do not suggest nor refute that wound drains prevent postoperative complications.
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