What is it about?

It assesses the role of feasibility and safety of using prosthetic mesh for repair of hernias that present to the emergency department as strandulated or incarcerated hernias.

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Why is it important?

To highlight the fact that mesh repair in emergency hernias is safe and not associated with higher incidence of mesh infection as was thought for long time

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This page is a summary of: Results of prosthetic mesh repair in the emergency management of the acutely incarcerated and/or strangulated groin hernias: a 10-year study, Hernia, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-015-1360-y.
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