Title

Effect of prohylactic mesh in elective laparotomy

Authors

Rohit Dubey¹, Nishi Mishra², Nitish Adawadkar³, Shobhit Gupta*^,4 & Tanya Jonwal⁵

Affiliation

¹Department of Surgery, Government Medical College Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Government Medical College Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department Of Community Medicine Government Medical College Ratlam Madhya Pradesh India; ⁴Department of Medicine F.H Medical College Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College Ratlam Madhya Pradesh India; *Corresponding author

Email

Rohit Dubey - E-mail: drrohitdubey24@gmail.com
Nishi Mishra - E-mail: nishimishra92@gmail.com
Nitish Adawadkar - E-mail: nitishadawadkar243@gmail.com
Shobhit Gupta - E-mail: mynameisshobhitgupta@gmail.com

Tanya Jonwal - E-mail: drtanyajonwal@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

A hernia is a defect in the fascia of the abdominal wall and thus resulting into the formation of a hernial sac of peritoneum that contains visceral organ or abdominal contents or other bulges that may appear similar, but are not true hernias. Incisional hernia is the bulging out of contents of abdominal cavity through a previous surgical defect in anterior abdominal wall and is a significant complication for patients who have undergone elective laparotomy. The risk of developing this condition increases substantially in individuals with risk factors such as obesity and chronic respiratory ailments. Various methods of suture closure and mesh reinforcement have been used to restore abdominal wall integrity and prophylactic treatment of incisional hernia. Failure of effective and sufficient closure of the abdominal wall after operations leaves the patient at risk for developing hernia. The risk of developing this condition increases substantially in individuals with risk factors such as obesity and chronic respiratory ailments. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the efficacy of preventive mesh placement following laparotomy.

Keywords

Incisional hernia, obesity, laparotomy

Citation

Dubey et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2704-2706 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.