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SUBMITTER: Jones HG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513624 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jones Huw G HG Rees Michael M Aboumarzouk Omar M OM Brown Joshua J Cragg James J Billings Peter P Carter Ben B Chandran Palanichamy P
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20180720
<h4>Background</h4>Parastomal herniation is a common problem following formation of a stoma after both elective and emergency abdominal surgery. Symptomatic hernias give rise to a significant amount of patient morbidity, and in some cases mortality, and therefore may necessitate surgical treatment to repair the hernial defect and/or re-site the stoma. In an effort to reduce this complication, recent research has focused on the application of a synthetic or biological mesh, inserted during stoma ...[more]