TY - JOUR
T1 - Contemporary concepts in hernia prevention
T2 - Selected proceedings from the 2017 International Symposium on Prevention of Incisional Hernias
AU - Harris, Hobart W.
AU - Hope, William H.
AU - Adrales, Gina
AU - Andersen, Dana K.
AU - Deerenberg, Eva B.
AU - Diener, Holger
AU - Dumanian, Gregory
AU - East, Barbora
AU - Fischer, John P.
AU - Ureña, Miguel A.Garcia
AU - Gibeily, George J.
AU - Hansson, Birgitta M.
AU - Hernández- Granados, Pilar
AU - Hiles, Michael C.
AU - Jeekel, Johannes
AU - Levinson, Howard
AU - Lopez-Cano, Manuel
AU - Muysoms, Filip
AU - Pereira, José Antonio
AU - Prudhomme, Michel
AU - Ramaswamy, Archana
AU - Stabilini, Cesare
AU - Torkington, Jared
AU - Valverde, Silvia
AU - Young, David M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The federal government (eg, National Institutes of Health) provides research grants to enable clinical research that is not related to commercial interests. Examples of clinical research opportunities at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases include the R21 (Pilot Project) grants, R01 (single center) grants, U34/U01 (multicenter) grants, and K awards (career development grants) for young investigators. Examples of clinical research projects currently funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in the areas of surgical research include projects on hepatic and hepatobiliary surgery, the treatment of acute appendicitis with antibiotics versus surgery, postoperative ileus, and the treatment of abdominal wall defects (hernias). There is currently little federally funded research regarding abdominal wall hernias, but resources are potentially available and can be allocated to the study of this clinically important condition through increased awareness, education, and well-crafted applications for funding.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Incisional hernia is a frequent complication of midline laparotomy and enterostomal creation and is associated with high morbidity, decreased quality of life, and high costs. The International Symposium on Incisional Hernia Prevention was held October 19–20, 2017, at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, CA, hosted by the Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. One hundred and three attendees included general and plastic surgeons from 9 countries, including principal participants for several of the seminal studies in the field. Over the course of the 2-day meeting, there were 38 oral presentations, 3 keynote lectures, and 2 panel discussions. The Symposium was a combination of new information but also a comprehensive review of the existing data so as to assess the current state of the field and to set the stage for future research. Further, the Symposium sought to increase awareness and thus emphasize the importance of preventing the formation of incisional and enterostomal hernias.
AB - Incisional hernia is a frequent complication of midline laparotomy and enterostomal creation and is associated with high morbidity, decreased quality of life, and high costs. The International Symposium on Incisional Hernia Prevention was held October 19–20, 2017, at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, CA, hosted by the Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco. One hundred and three attendees included general and plastic surgeons from 9 countries, including principal participants for several of the seminal studies in the field. Over the course of the 2-day meeting, there were 38 oral presentations, 3 keynote lectures, and 2 panel discussions. The Symposium was a combination of new information but also a comprehensive review of the existing data so as to assess the current state of the field and to set the stage for future research. Further, the Symposium sought to increase awareness and thus emphasize the importance of preventing the formation of incisional and enterostomal hernias.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.surg.2018.02.020
DO - 10.1016/j.surg.2018.02.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 29705098
AN - SCOPUS:85046125392
SN - 0039-6060
VL - 164
SP - 319
EP - 326
JO - Surgery (United States)
JF - Surgery (United States)
IS - 2
ER -