Incisional hernia repair after kidney transplantation in a tertiary high-volume center: outcomes from a 10-year retrospective cohort study
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gianluca Cassese; Antonio Castaldi; Bader Al Taweel; Moglie Le Quintrec; Rodolphe Thuret; Francis Navarro; Fabrizio Panaro
- Source
- International Urology and Nephrology. 54:525-531
- Subject
- Male
Time Factors
Urology
Middle Aged
Kidney Transplantation
Cohort Studies
Tertiary Care Centers
Postoperative Complications
Treatment Outcome
Nephrology
Humans
Incisional Hernia
Female
Hospitals, High-Volume
Aged
Retrospective Studies
- Language
- ISSN
- 1573-2584
0301-1623
Incisional hernia (IH) after Kidney Transplantation (KT) is a challenging complication due to both technical reasons and patients' complexity. Data regarding outcomes of hernia repair in KT recipients are uncertain, since the biggest part of previous papers focused on risk factors for incisional hernia occurrence and not on its outcomes. Aim of the study was to focus on risk factors for incisional hernia recurrence after surgical repair in KT recipients.Data regarding all consecutive patients undergoing kidney transplantations from January 2011 until September 2020 in Montpellier University Hospital were retrospectively collected from a single institutional database.After a median follow-up of 48 months (IQRIHs after KT represent an important condition. Its surgical management is challenging due to its anatomical complexity and patient's status. This is the largest sample size in the literature of patients treated for IH after KT and it shows that a previous surgery other than the KT is a risk factor for hernia recurrence after surgical repair, without regarding surgical technique or other comorbidity and therapeutical factors.