Postoperative ventral hernia: current state of the problem

Despite the rapid development of minimally invasive endovideosurgical technologies in abdominal surgery, the number of surgical interventions using traditional laparotomic access remains high, after which postoperative ventral hernias (PVH) develop in 4-18% of cases, and in the general statistical structure of all ventral hernias POVH account for 20-26% [2, 4]. So in the USA every year there are at least 400-500 thousand patients with POVH, and at least 200 thousand of them are operated on. In the structure of all hernias of the abdomen, large incisional hernias (GPOVG) occupy a special place and account for from 3 to 14% [2, 12]. About 60% of patients with POVH are aged 21 to 60 years, i.e. are a significant part of the country's able-bodied population.