Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sampling MethodProbability Sample
Study PopulationFrom January 2023 a series of 120 patients affected by Incisional Hernia with size between 3 to 10 cm, undergoing Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh positioning in patients with BMI \>30 kg/m2 in the clean wounds. The maximum enrollment time is 12 months.
Clinical data will be collected in a prospective maintained electronic database, including patients' age, sex, body mass index (BMI), chronic corticosteroid use, albumin serum level, previous abdominal surgery or hernia, smoking habits, presence of diabetes mellitus (DM), presence of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). All the surgeries will be performed by experienced surgeons with at least 10 years of activity in the general surgery and emergency department with over 120 procedures of laparoscopically incisional hernia repair with insertion of non-absorbable and absorbable meshes. All patients enrolled in the study will be followed up by outpatient clinic controls performed by surgeons/surgical residents.