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Short-term outcomes of minimally invasive techniques in posterior component separation for ventral hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Abstract

Introduction

The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize various approaches in performing minimally invasive posterior component separation (MIS PCS) and ascertain their safety and short-term outcomes.

Methods

A systematic literature searches of major databases were conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines to identify studies that provided perioperative characteristics and postoperative outcomes of MIS PCS. Primary outcomes for this study were: surgical site events (SSE), surgical site occurrence requiring procedural intervention (SSOPI), and overall complication rates. A random-effect meta-analysis was conducted which allows computation of 95% CIs using simple approximation and incorporates inverse variance method with logit transformation of proportions.

Results

There were 14 studies that enrolled 850 participants that were included. The study identified rate of SSE, SSOPI, and overall rate of complications of all MIS TAR modifications to be 13.4%, 5.7%, and 19%, respectively.

Conclusions

Our study provides important information on safety and short-term outcomes of MIS PCS. These data can be used as reference when counseling patients, calculating sample size for prospective trials, setting up targets for prospective audit of hernia centers. Standardization of reporting of preoperative characteristics and postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing MIS PCS and strict audit of the procedure through introduction of prospective national and international registries can facilitate improvement of safety of the MIS complex abdominal wall reconstruction, and help in identifying the safest and most cost-effective modification.

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Tryliskyy, Y., Kebkalo, A., Tyselskyi, V. et al. Short-term outcomes of minimally invasive techniques in posterior component separation for ventral hernia repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hernia (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-024-03030-y

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